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

Post by nivertech » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC

mikkupikku wrote: post #739

abustamam wrote: post #534

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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…

In the Eastern Bloc states, it used to be so common for workers to steal from the workplace that new moral norms were established around this; if you're not stealing from work, you're stealing from your own family! Goes to show just how fragile a high-trust society is. Theft and corruption can easily be normalized to such an extent that not participanting gets reframed as immoral.

Post by zaphar » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 5:26 PM UTC

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #695

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…

> You are paying to be using that limit some of the time. This makes zero sense. I'm paying to use that limit all of the time. If that's too much for Anthropic, they are free to lower the limits or increase the price. Claiming otherwise would be false advertising.

Post by frollogaston » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC

ajsnigrutin wrote: post #691

Tzk wrote: post #530

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In theory yes, but the overselling does also keep the price low (at least a bit), but also boosts revenue. So when power users use the service too much, the seller will either raise prices, cut features or ban some usage patterns. You can vote with your wallet though. So don’t throw money at them or just deal with it. Plain and simple.

Low for who exactly? You have low-users overpaying and a few openclaw users actually using what they paid for and getting banned for that... that's not really a "low price" for anyone. If they they expect X money for Y tokens, better provide Y tokens for your X money. If they can't provide that, then change the pricing plans. That's not the users problem.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC

Post by aiiaro » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 6:02 PM UTC