Re:HERMES.md: Anthropic bug causes $200 extra charge, refuse...
by GuinansEyebrows on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @04:00PM
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> Instead you would have an equally powerful company with no moral compass whatsoever.
given the information we have, this describes the current state.
Re:HERMES.md: Anthropic bug causes $200 extra charge, refuse...
by wswope on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @03:56PM
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This is a horrendously bad-faith take. You know full well it’s *not* just a one-off $200 issue: they treat customers like this at scale.
Don’t pretend this is an isolated matter, or that CS/billing is the only arena where Anthropic has such systemic issues.
I don’t know you, but your response honestly reads like it’s coming from someone wrestling with their own moral compromises. If so, please take a good hard look in the mirror. (E: yep — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47953576)
Quitting is a high cost option that denies you any future voice or ability to influence. Jumping straight to that over $200 is unlikely to be an effective tactic.
I am deeply sympathetic with the OP here and believe a refund should absolutely be granted, but if I heard of someone quitting their job in protest over not issuing a $200 refund my initial thought would be "they're an extremist and I should be skeptical of what they say".
I've worked with and known people who have no levels between zero and full meltdown. They're exhausting and I spend as little time around them as possible.