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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by baby on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:04AM (#46550578)
Aren't you happy that you can use claude code unlimited for only 200/month? I don't really get your point tbh
Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by Aurornis on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:44AM (#46551076)
I’d bet almost everyone who opts to buy the $200 plan is happy with the deal they’re getting relative to API pricing.

I think some people get triggered by the inconsistency in pricing or the idea of having a fixed cost for somewhat vague usage limits.

In practice it’s a great deal for anyone using the model at that level.

Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by piokoch on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:02AM (#46552074)
It is not unlimited, being not careful with your context management, you hit the limits quickly.
Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by abhijat on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:57AM (#46552486)
Isn't the context window the same for all plans, 200k? You would hit usage limits?
Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by billyjobob on Friday January 09, 2026 @10:24AM (#46554835)
If you send the full 200k tokens on every request you will get very few requests before you hit the token limit. Caching reduces the number sent but I don't know how much they can cache?
Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by mhast on Friday January 09, 2026 @09:00PM (#46561989)
Even at the Max plan it's not unlimited. IIRC they say the limit is something like 20x the $20 plan.

With "normal use" you're unlikely to hit the limit though, unless you only use the Opus model and do things in parallell.