Isn’t the idea that they’re limiting the amount of gpu time normal users get to spend on the “thinking” portion of their query?

I think that’s the claim in the post, that even though no one can see the true chain of thought, that even the “thinking” text that does get exposed to the user is shorter given the same prompts over time. Not saying it’s true but I think that’s the claim. I’ve personally never noticed the alleged “nerfing” with my enterprise use at work or my subscription use at home which is only during off hours.