There is someone in Norway sitting at their desk, paying $100 a month for Claude. They are also paying for Perplexity, which, as of right now, runs on Claude Sonnet by default and offers Claude Opus as a premium option for its top-tier subscribers. That someone is me. I am writing this post about AI subscription waste while actively being AI subscription waste. You're welcome, this is journalism. You Are Bleeding, Slowly, CheerfullyLet me paint you a picture of a totally normal and fine person in 2026. They have ChatGPT Plus for the times GPT is better at coding or image generation. They have Claude Pro because Claude is better at writing and nuanced reasoning. They have Perplexity because Perplexity is better at research. They have Gemini because it's already in their Google account and they clicked "upgrade" during a weak moment in Q3 2024. They have Copilot because their employer technically pays for it but they're not quite sure if that counts so they also pay personally just to…
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