And I still can't exhaust the limits on my Claude Max subscription, despite being more productive than I've ever been in terms of real work (ie, things that actually make money)

Because that’s heavily subsidised, whereas companies have to pay something closer to the actual price.

Enjoy it while you can, because it won’t last forever. Per-token billing is quite eye opening in terms of how much it can cost

For real. I've used 8B tokens in the past month and haven't hit my limits even once. In fact, I can't even get close except for the day I used Fable. I've barely stopped. Claude keeps reminding me to sleep.