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OpenAI doubled the price of its flagship and called it an upgrade.
GPT-5.5: $30 per million output tokens, up from $15. The pitch was 'more efficient.'
Real bills rose 49 to 92% anyway (OpenRouter's analysis). You're paying double on a model that most of your tasks never needed.