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Comment by Aditya_Garg

8 days ago

Im really curious about this. Why pay API pricing? I burn 1000s of dollars a month of api according to claude usage but only pay the $100 subscription

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horsawlarway  8 days ago

My increasing frustration with these plans is the harness lock in.

Anthropic won't even let you run "claude -p [prompt]" any more... They bill it at api rates.

So if you're trying to automate the ai (and seriously, that's the point) the subsidized plans are crippled.

  • cortesoft  8 days ago

    They postponed that change, here is the email they sent out:

    > In May, we sent you an email announcing that starting today, the Claude Agent SDK, claude -p, and third-party apps built on the Agent SDK would stop drawing from subscription rate limits and move to a dedicated monthly credit. We're writing to let you know that we’re not making this change today. We’re working to update the plan to better support how users build with Claude subscriptions.

    > What this means for you

    > Nothing changes for now. Agent SDK, claude -p, and third-party app usage continues to work with your subscription exactly as it did before today, and there's no credit to claim. Your subscription limits are unchanged. When we have an update, we'll share it with advance notice before it takes effect

    • clhodapp  8 days ago

      Something I haven't been able to figure out.... How are you supposed to actually get an API key to use quota from your subscription? The terms of service still forbid using OAuth authentication and the API keys from the console indicate that you need to pre-load your account with funds when you try to use them.

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  • throwawayffffas  8 days ago

    Z.ai does not lock you in to any harness.

    • hedora  8 days ago

      Is there a secure way to use GLM without spending $10K’s for local HW? I “only” have a 128GiB inference machine, and don’t really trust anthropic not to steal my IP over time.

      I see no reason to trust Z.ai more than other vendors.

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    • orangeisthe  8 days ago

      Neither does chatgpt. And is the harness lock-in such massive problem that you would pay 20x more?

  • huksley  8 days ago

    They reverted this decision, "claude -p [prompt]" works with your subscription ok.

SV_BubbleTime  8 days ago

There is a whole iceberg topic on subsidizing.

So your question is really “if they’re giving free usage, why not take advantage of it?”

I do, so I don’t know the reasons not to, other than to experiment.