OpenCode – The open source AI coding agent

Re:OpenCode – The open source AI coding agent by fnordpiglet on Friday March 20, 2026 @06:54PM (#47461870)

It’s probably a mixture of things including direct control over how the api is called and used as pointed out above and giving a discount for using their ecosystem. They are in fact a business so it should not surprise anyone they act as one.

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Re:OpenCode – The open source AI coding agent by esperent on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:03PM (#47461966)

It might well be a mixture, but 95% of that mixture is vendor lock in. Same reason they don't support AGENTS.md, they want to add friction in switching.

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Re:OpenCode – The open source AI coding agent by mgambati on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:33PM (#47462297)

They can try add as much as friction they want. A simple rename in the files and directories like .claude makes the thing work to move out of CC.

It’s not like moving from android to iOS.

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Re:OpenCode – The open source AI coding agent by esperent on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:56PM (#47462478)

You'd be surprised how effective small bits of friction are.

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Re:OpenCode – The open source AI coding agent by xvector on Friday March 20, 2026 @08:50PM (#47462893)

If it was lock in they wouldn't make it absolutely trivial to change inference providers in Claude Code.

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Re:OpenCode – The open source AI coding agent by esafak on Saturday March 21, 2026 @01:09PM (#47468916)

The goal is to use Anthropic subscriptions outside of Claude Code!! That is the lock in.

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