Anthropic banned Pi, a third party harness 3 pointsrapiz5 months ago6 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNUsers are reporting issues in discord, regarding using Claude Code subscription with PiComments−thiago_fm5moThey mentioned before that they'd discontinue using your subscription in third party harness, as they are obviously subsiding your usage.You can always pay for Anthropic models through the API usage. That still works... but I wonder if anybody will want to pay that much.You'd probably go with a different model or API provider if you have to pay those costs yourself.−Iolaum5moThey 've already banned OpenCode so this looks just a continuation of their policy.−rvz5moThis company (Anthropic) is not your friend.−verdverm5moWelcome to the end of subsidized pricing. Per token pricing is where everything is headed.The hope is that we get more usage based pricing across SaaS, DocuSign is a great example.−swah5moSee also https://mariozechner.at/posts/2026-04-08-ive-sold-out/−segmondy5moso? use Gemini, GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek, MiniMax, etc, tons of options out there ...
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They mentioned before that they'd discontinue using your subscription in third party harness, as they are obviously subsiding your usage.
You can always pay for Anthropic models through the API usage. That still works... but I wonder if anybody will want to pay that much.
You'd probably go with a different model or API provider if you have to pay those costs yourself.
They 've already banned OpenCode so this looks just a continuation of their policy.
This company (Anthropic) is not your friend.
Welcome to the end of subsidized pricing. Per token pricing is where everything is headed.
The hope is that we get more usage based pricing across SaaS, DocuSign is a great example.
See also https://mariozechner.at/posts/2026-04-08-ive-sold-out/
so? use Gemini, GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek, MiniMax, etc, tons of options out there ...