Microsoft ne abhi-abhi apne engineers ki Claude licenses cancel kar di. Reason — bahut zyaada use kar rahe the.
The story isn't that AI is expensive. The story is that AI is moving from "magical free tool" to "real operating cost line on the P&L."
At Fidus, every time a function opens up, the conversation is no longer "who do we hire" — it's "person or AI agent. Both have cost. Both show up in the books."
AI is no longer magic. AI is infrastructure — like electricity, like office rent, like internet.
And if you're using AI on the free tier — ChatGPT free, Gemini free, all the consumer free tiers — remember the oldest rule of the internet: when the service is free, you are the product. Your data is the payment.
The pricing layer of the AI economy is just becoming visible. Worth thinking about how you're paying.
T-109. Body for endurance. Systems for scale. Reference: Microsoft cancels Claude Code licences after engineers use it too much — People Matters
