Same... I've found that using a non-Claude model just ends up being more expensive and not worth it. "Auto" tokens are hardly free, and I've had plenty of experiences putting "Auto" to work on a "simple" seeming task to have it consume like 1 USD of tokens quite quickly while producing nothing of value, when I'd replay with Claude 4.5 Sonnet non-thinking and it would provide a solid solution for 0.5 USD.