Why Claude's Free Tier Runs Out Faster Than You...

Anthropic markets the 200K context window as a feature. And it is — for people who actually need it. But for the average free-tier user asking Claude a dozen questions a day, that same window is quietly working against them. Every message you send doesn't just add your words to the conversation. It re-sends every previous message, every response, every file you uploaded. All of it, every time. Claude's large context isn't just memory. It's a meter running in the background — and it fills up fast