Re:Anthropic takes legal action against OpenCode
by siva7 on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:09PM
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API is intended for a different audience - companies with a big pocket who aren't as price sensitive as private users. So the pricing will be different than for a private subscription.
Re:Anthropic takes legal action against OpenCode
by bitpush on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:55PM
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That is not true at all. I, as an individual, can go and get access to Claude models via API today, for, I dont know, for a custom workflow I have.
What Anthropic is saying is - please dont use the API key from Claude Code for that.
Re:Anthropic takes legal action against OpenCode
by extr on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:07PM
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> If it wasn't the case, the Claude API pricing would be the same, $200 for unlimited use.
How do you figure? That doesn't make any sense to me.
Re:Anthropic takes legal action against OpenCode
by HDThoreaun on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:43PM
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There is huge value in getting people to subscribe to recurring payments. Giving people a discount to do so makes sense and does not mean that the subscription service loses money.
We don't know if Claude Code bleeds money for every user that touches it. Probably not. But the different pricing is a strong enough clue that it's an appeal product with subsidized tokens consumption.