Doubao Work removes five-hour usage limit from personal edition
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From 6 November, users of Doubao Work’s personal edition are no longer restricted by a five-hour quota. They can spread their usage freely within their weekly quota, which still depends on their subscription.
Chinese business outlet Beike Caijing (贝壳财经) reported the change, citing information obtained by one of its journalists. Technology outlet 36Kr carried the report in a news roundup published on 9 November. The report does not say who provided the information, nor does it quote a statement from the service’s developer.
A usage limit caps how much of a service someone can use within a set period. Doubao Work’s personal edition previously had two quotas: one reset every five hours, the other every seven days. Once users reached the five-hour quota, they had to wait for it to reset, even if they had weekly quota left.
Beike Caijing said the most common large language model services on the market use a similar two-period limit.
After the change, personal users can spread their usage within the weekly quota to suit their own pace of work. The weekly quota and other terms of use still depend on the subscription. The report does not say how large the quotas are.