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Ask HN: Why Opus4.6 was silently removed from Claude Code?

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Re: Ask HN: Why Opus4.6 was silently removed from Claude Code?

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Post by yomismoaqui »

surrTurr wrote: post #13
NicoJuicy wrote: post #11

Cancelled Claude, too expensive for what it is and found much better alternatives price-wise.

that alternative is?

$20 Codex subscription works as well (if not better) and a seems like if allows more usage.

Re: Ask HN: Why Opus4.6 was silently removed from Claude Code?

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Post by ozlikethewizard »

lanthissa wrote: post #9
rvz wrote: post #7

The casino increased all their fees, reduced their limits and want more from your credits. The owner of this casino (Anthropic) decided to upgrade the slot machine (Claude Code) with a new random number generator engine (Opus 4.7) and decommissioned the old one (Opus 4.6). They claim that the new engine (Opus 4.7) gives better odds and generates results faster with every press of the button, with a catch that it take…

i dont think you need to make it malicious, this is what not having enough compute looks like in practice. its true of gpt5, its true of why antigravity rate limits, and its true of claude. there is no possible action thats not user hostile when you dont have enough compute. You either reject customers which is hostile and kills your companies growth or you do the best you can with what you have. its not like these c…

I mean if a corps goals dont align with their customers (which almost universally they do not), its pretty safe to assume every action is malicious. Anthropic need to generate profit from a service where users burn cash like it's the weimar republic, every choice they make will be to the detriment of the user up until users stop paying.

Re: Ask HN: Why Opus4.6 was silently removed from Claude Code?

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Post by SyneRyder »

t0duf0du wrote: post #16
SyneRyder wrote: post #5

It isn't removed: /model claude-opus-4-6[1m]

Yup was able to replicate using this. Sorry lemme edit the post.

All good! I wish it was still in the model picker control too, would be much easier & clearer. But at least this way you can choose any Claude still available and turn off the 1 Million token window if you prefer.

Re: Ask HN: Why Opus4.6 was silently removed from Claude Code?

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Post by kivle »

SyneRyder wrote: post #5

It isn't removed: /model claude-opus-4-6[1m]

I will consider this.. Opus 4.7 has effectively made Claude Max 5x into Max 2.5x.. 5 hour caps went from being a minor annoyance to being painful.

Edit: And honestly, I can't say I see much improvement for a "doubling in price".

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