Thursday, April 23, 2026

Anthropic Claud Code with Subscription?

Anthropic tested removing Claude Code from the Pro plan - Ars Technica

After speculation and frustration spread, Anthropic’s head of growth, Amol Avasare, took to social media to clarify that this was a “small test on ~2% of new prosumer signups.”


WTF is Anthropic doing??? - YouTube 
by Matthew Berman - YouTube

Anthropic's recent struggles, primarily driven by a compute shortage that has forced the company to restrict access to tools like Claude Code and tighten subscription quotas.
The host argues that CEO Dario Amodei miscalculated the explosive demand for AI by failing to invest heavily enough in infrastructure early on.

Key takeaways include:
  • Flywheel Breakdown: Anthropic’s business model—centered on a powerful coding flywheel—is stuttering because they lack the necessary server capacity to meet user demand.
  • Poor Communication: The company has faced severe backlash for vague, opaque policy changes regarding third-party tools like OpenClaw, leading to a erosion of trust among power users.
  • Competitive Pressure: While Anthropic navigates a PR nightmare and service instability, OpenAI is actively capitalizing on the situation by maintaining higher uptime and aggressively promoting their own developer-friendly tools.
  • The Bottom Line: Despite Anthropic's high-quality models, their inability to scale compute effectively and their confusing communication strategy have created a significant competitive opening for their rivals.

for some users only... changed back after big pushback?



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