Re:Anthropic Explicitly Blocking OpenCode
by nebezb on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @08:59PM
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Are you suggesting Anthropic has a “duty to deal” with anyone who is trying to build competitive products to Claude Code, beyond access to their priced API? I don’t think so. Especially not to a product that’s been breaking ToS.
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No, but I think they should. Or anti-trust was enforced through some other means. Or at all really.
Citing the ToS is circular logic. They set the terms and can change them whenever they want!
Re:Anthropic Explicitly Blocking OpenCode
by nebezb on Thursday January 15, 2026 @12:56AM
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A regulatory duty to deal is the opposite of setting your own terms. Yes, citing a ToS is acceptable in this scenario. We can throw ToS out if we all believed in duty to deal.
Re:Anthropic Explicitly Blocking OpenCode
by no-name-here on Sunday January 18, 2026 @10:59PM
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Do other companies have a similar "duty to deal" - for example, if Microsoft or Apple ToS forbid use of open source software with their software? Or if VS Code ToS forbid people from using VS Code to work on a competitor?