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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by wasfgwp on Friday February 20, 2026 @02:59AM (#47085068)
So if Claude code didn’t communicate with Anthropic’s server using a well defined public api but some obscure undocumented binary format it would be fine?

Or should every app/service be required to expose documented APIs?

Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by jltsiren on Friday February 20, 2026 @04:25PM (#47094189)
This is not a technical question.

The immediate pro-market position is that if third-party clients are allowed / possible, Anthropic should be allowed to favor its own clients with lower prices.

But the position can go further if the service in question can be considered infrastructure. For example, a company that owns a mobile network may be required to let virtual operators use their infrastructure for a reasonable price. And a company owning a power grid may be required to become a neutral infrastructure provider that is not allowed to generate/sell power.

Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by jltsiren on Saturday February 21, 2026 @05:20AM (#47099331)
EDIT: Anthropic should not be allowed to favor its own clients with lower prices.
Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by wasfgwp on Thursday February 26, 2026 @02:44AM (#47163105)
Anthropic is neither a monopoly nor has a dominant market position. Generally standards applied to companies like that are very different due to good reason.