Yeah, but that would mean me giving money to Sam Altman, and that ain't happening.

Also GPT 5.2 is better than slOpus

Not in my expericence. Gpt 5.2 acts like a desperate teenager, while opus acts like a composed adult - most of the times.

Subjective.

can you point me to this claim? also last i checked trying to connect to OpenAI seems to prompt for an API key, does openAI's API key make use of the subscription quota?

just wanted to make sure before I sign up for a openAI sub

Found this

https://xcancel.com/thdxr/status/2009803906461905202