Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use

Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by scwoodal on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @11:21PM (#47069889)

So I’m not allowed to use the $20 plan and max out its limits?

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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by ac29 on Thursday February 19, 2026 @12:21AM (#47070224)

You can max it out via first party clients only.

I dont like it either, but its not an unreasonable restriction.

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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by sambull on Thursday February 19, 2026 @07:37AM (#47073115)

I do believe it's unreasonable. The limits are the limits, you reach them there's no more free lunch after.

Fix the limits, so the limits are reached at a rate that sustains their business.. ? obviously this WILL happen eventually when they need to pay for things.

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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by ac29 on Thursday February 19, 2026 @10:37AM (#47074955)

"A rate that sustains their business" at the moment probably looks like API pricing or maybe even higher. That means subscriptions get significantly more expensive and/or limited, which is maybe where things are headed.

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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by alexandre_m on Thursday February 19, 2026 @12:24AM (#47070240)

Max out on their terms, not yours.

Their bet is that most people will not fill up 100% of their weekly usage for 4 consecutive weeks of their monthly plan, because they are humans and the limits impede long running tasks during working hours.

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