Sonnet 5 looks absurdly priced
• Opus 4.8 Max - $1.80
• Sonnet 5 Max - $2.29
• Fable 5 - $2.75
Sonnet 5 is about 27% more expensive than Opus 4.8.
Why does the smaller model cost more than the flagship?
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Because compute is more expensive now and the old pricing was still 'early adopter discount'. They were making a loss/tiny margin to date on models, but if they suddenly jump price on existing models, people will switch to a different provider... So the logical alternative is deprecate it over time, for a more expensive 'new' model.