Anthropic still relies on quotas (5-hour rolling + weekly coming at the end of the month) so the next step is dynamic per-token pricing. But, even with transparent off-peak rates only batch jobs will shift and history suggests variable pricing usually smooths rather than sharpens peaks. The long-term fix stays the same: route 100 MB PDFs, repo refactors and other whale jobs through retrieval or analysis pipelines and keep the flagship chat model for real-time conversation.