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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by xvector on Thursday February 19, 2026 @05:40AM (#47072346)
Do you not understand that they run the regular subscription at a huge loss? In exchange they require you to stick with Claude Code.

You are free to use the API.

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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by regenschutz on Thursday February 19, 2026 @08:01AM (#47073285)
Why can't they run the API at a huge loss too then??
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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by hluska on Thursday February 19, 2026 @08:47AM (#47073661)
I’m not saying this is a bubble; I don’t know whether than it is or not. But if it is a bubble, I’ve only seen one bubble this big in tech. When that bubble popped, the only companies that survived kept their costs in check. Some raised a round right before the bubble popped but cost control was always part or their survival.
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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by duskdozer on Thursday February 19, 2026 @08:52AM (#47073704)
To be honest the fact that they are already clamping down makes me think their situation is getting strained.
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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by dragonwriter on Thursday February 19, 2026 @01:19PM (#47077052)
Because if you do everything at a huge loss, you run out of runway very quickly.
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