Re:Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for thi...
by jltsiren on Friday February 20, 2026 @04:25PM
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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 wasfgwp on Thursday February 26, 2026 @02:44AM
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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.
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.