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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by fc417fc802 on Friday January 09, 2026 @09:04AM (#46553938)
And yet in many cases there are regulations against it. Almost as though behavior that warps the market is generally undesirable.
Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by vovavili on Friday January 09, 2026 @09:08AM (#46553984)
Give me an example of one such regulation.
Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by fc417fc802 on Friday January 09, 2026 @09:15AM (#46554046)
Are you sure you're participating in good faith? I'll go ahead and indulge you for the benefit of the audience though.

The generic term is predatory pricing and it's regulated to some extent in pretty much every country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_pricing#Legal_aspect...

When carried out at the international level it's known as dumping. The WTO has provisions against it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy)#Legal...

Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by keeda on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:10PM (#46559374)
As the Wikipedia page calls out, predatory pricing is generally in the context of a dominant firm throwing their weight around to dominate the market. You could make this case against large incumbents like Microsoft and Google, but Anthropic is actually the upstart here.

In any case, all this depends on how you define the "market", and the entire market for AI-assisted coding is very nascent and fast-moving to make any reliable calls about dominance at this point.

Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by fc417fc802 on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:43PM (#46560480)
That's the context where it tends to get regulated. Indeed it doesn't apply to Anthropic. Neither is Anthropic a party to the WTO.

I was asked for examples of behavior that distorts the market being regulated and provided two of them. There are other examples out there as well.

Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by vovavili on Saturday January 10, 2026 @11:01AM (#46566784)
I fail to see how standard business practices Anthropic is engaging are predatory. If anything, the customer is clearly at an advantage here.