What if they're using it to help them learn to program? There are plenty of valid uses people might have. And ultimately, it's their call, right? Capitalism and all that. I suppose the argument then is "just use the API", and sure, that's a solution. Yet it's odd to have an expensive subscription that's heavily rate limited like this.

It's a non-issue for me. When I hit the limit, which is rare, I go back to analog life where I use my head's brain to do the heavy lifting and that has all kinds of perks that Claude doesn't have. I get why people are frustrated, though.