Overview
- Bloomberg reporting confirmed that Apple reduced the per‑developer daily token spending cap from $300 to $200 in October.
- Some engineering groups already operate with about $100 per‑day limits and the company is reportedly considering cuts to as low as $25 for certain teams.
- Employees who need higher token allowances must justify their work and obtain explicit manager approval before exceeding limits.
- Apple cites a roughly 32% rise in fiscal 2026 R&D and a 22% increase in operating expenses to $75.5 billion as the main reason for the tighter controls.
- The policy pushes teams to route tasks to cheaper or self‑hosted models and to use providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, and it echoes a wider industry shift to curb costly token consumption.