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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by danmaz74 on Friday January 09, 2026 @07:06AM (#46553030)
When I compared OpenCode and Claude Code head to head a couple of months ago, Claude Code worked much better for me. I don't know if they closed the gap in the meantime, but for sure Claude Code has improved since then.
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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by vmg12 on Friday January 09, 2026 @08:49AM (#46553780)
OpenCode launched a couple of months ago so that makes sense that it's worse. It's much better than Claude Code now. Somehow for the same model, opencode completes the same work faster than claude code and the ux is much better.
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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by vmg12 on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:40AM (#46555663)
Meant to say "it was worse" not "it's worse"
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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by rovr138 on Friday January 09, 2026 @10:49AM (#46555118)
You win by adoption.

Here adoption is a combination on the tool and the model.

If people can’t pay the model to use the tool, they might not use the tool even if it’s better.

That’s what anthropic is doing.

It might be faster, but it’s more expensive.

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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by aatd86 on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:09PM (#46557790)
There is no loyalty. They eho have the best models win.

The only way remains to try and lock consumers into your ecosystem.

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