Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscriptions to use OpenClaw

Post by Kim_Bruning » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC

stavros wrote: post #207

jmalicki wrote: post #190

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You aren't paying to be using that limit all of the time. You are paying to be using that limit some of the time. There are 5 hour windows when you are sleeping and can't use it. There are weekend limits. Theoretically you can max out every 5 hour window, but they lose money on that. It's structured so users can have bursts of unlimited usage, and spend ~15% of the theoretical max cap, and that's still cheaper than a…

How can an OpenClaw user use 6 times what a human subscriber is using when I'm four hours into the week and 15% of my weekly limit is already used up, just by coding? OpenClaw can't use 600% of my weekly limits.

Post by stavros » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

Kim_Bruning wrote: post #621

stavros wrote: post #207

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How can an OpenClaw user use 6 times what a human subscriber is using when I'm four hours into the week and 15% of my weekly limit is already used up, just by coding? OpenClaw can't use 600% of my weekly limits.

Not sure what tier you're on. Basically; spin up in the morning eats a lot of tokens because the cache is cold. This has actually gotten worse now that Opus supports a 1Mt context. So: compact before closing up for the night (reduces the size of the cache that needs to be spun up); and the default cache life is 5 minutes, so keep a heartbeat running when you step away from the keyboard to keep the cache warm. Also, t…

Post by Kim_Bruning » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC

stavros wrote: post #623

Kim_Bruning wrote: post #621

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Not sure what tier you're on. Basically; spin up in the morning eats a lot of tokens because the cache is cold. This has actually gotten worse now that Opus supports a 1Mt context. So: compact before closing up for the night (reduces the size of the cache that needs to be spun up); and the default cache life is 5 minutes, so keep a heartbeat running when you step away from the keyboard to keep the cache warm. Also, t…

I'm on the $100 tier, but I don't use OpenClaw. My point is it can't use more than 100% of my limit, so "6-8x more" is only possible if you use 15% of your subscription normally.

Post by ohhman11 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC

abustamam wrote: post #534

teekert wrote: post #484

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Yes and they will hide their sushi-grabbing because somewhere deep inside they know it's not part of the deal, while at the same time still strongly feeling that they have indeed paid for it. Ah, to be human!

I'd argue they hide their takeaway because of what GP comment said — not because of anything innate, but because a staff member will not let them. I grew up in an Asian household of six. We definitely took food home at AYCE places. My parents definitely knew it wasn't OK, but they felt like they were gaming the system (like a dubious life hack of sorts) and saving money, so they were actually quite proud of it, bragg…

Post by CubsFan1060 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC

charcircuit wrote: post #338

CubsFan1060 wrote: post #185

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It seems like you have an impossible ask? Why not 4 subscriptions to last you 5 hours?

You are not allowed to use multiple accounts to bypass the rate limit. You can only use different accounts for different uses like a work account and then a personal account. You can't rotate through 5 for personal use.