Unpopular opinion: ChatGPT Codex is deliberately slow to make your quota feel "generous."
Claude crushes the same coding task in 20 seconds. Codex? 2-3 minutes of pure waiting theater.
It's not better reasoning. It's not deeper thinking. It's artificial lag designed to inflate your perceived usage.
They turned wait time into a psychological trick to justify rate limits.
And half the market is falling for it.
Claude crushes the same coding task in 20 seconds. Codex? 2-3 minutes of pure waiting theater.
It's not better reasoning. It's not deeper thinking. It's artificial lag designed to inflate your perceived usage.
They turned wait time into a psychological trick to justify rate limits.
And half the market is falling for it.