Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscriptions

Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by KronisLV on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:45AM (#46552392)

> if you use a third party CLI you might be more likely to mix and match or switch away entirely.

I really like doing this, be it with OpenCode or Copilot or Cline/RooCode/KiloCode: I do have a Cerebras Code subscription (50 USD a month for a lot of tokens but only an okayish model) whereas the rest I use by paying per-token.

Monthly spend ends up being somewhere between 100-150 USD total, obviously depending on what I do and the proportion of simple vs complex tasks.

If Sonnet isn’t great for a given task, I can go for GPT-5 or Gemini 3.

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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by vidarh on Friday January 09, 2026 @06:45AM (#46552852)

I don't do this much because I really like Opus 4.5, and so far I haven't hit the limits on the $200 subscription much, but I do have some projects where I might need far higher limits.

As a matter of principle, I really would like the flexibility though, as while I love Opus now, who knows which model I will prefer next month.

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