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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by mlrtime on Friday January 09, 2026 @06:12AM (#46552617)
On the flip side I started using Claude with other LLMs (openai) because my Pro sub gets maxed out quickly and I want a cheaper alternative to finish a project.

I just use claude code proxy or litellm and set the ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to my proxy and chose another LLM.

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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by vidarh on Friday January 09, 2026 @06:27AM (#46552728)
That would seem to be a very good reason for them to make Claude Code good enough that people would prefer doing that over the inverse...

But also, they're a bit schizophrenic about what they want Claude Code to be, given you can stream JSON to/from Claude Code to use it as a headless backend including with your subscriptions.

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