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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by wrs on Friday February 20, 2026 @12:17PM (#47090828)
We don't know if, on average, paying API prices for Claude Code is cheaper or not, so we don't know if they're operating it at a "loss". That math doesn't make sense in any case since it would be a "loss" based on their own external prices. The entire company is operating at a loss, regardless.

In any case, the point is it's not tying; you're free to choose any combination of products.

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Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi... by rglullis on Saturday February 21, 2026 @04:32AM (#47099040)
> n any case, the point is it's not tying; you're free to choose any combination of products.

These products can function independently, and the acquisition at a heavy discouont for one of them is conditional on the acquisition of the other. It definitely is a tie-in sale.

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