Anthropic has appeared to begin testing removing Claude Code from their $20 plan for new users signing up. OpenAI employees have already begun to make fun of them for this.
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Anthropic is reportedly removing Claude Code from its $20 plan for new users, prompting public mockery from OpenAI employees.
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@GergelyOrosz: Confirmed that Anthropic - as of now - has removed Claude Code from new Pro signups. This is what the pricing page look…
Anthropic quietly removes Claude Code access from new Pro subscriptions, pushing coders toward the $100/month plan.
Claude Code to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan?
Rumor suggests Anthropic may remove Claude Code access from its Pro subscription tier.
Matt just NUKED anthropic. 🙈
Anthropic quietly removed Claude Code from lower-tier plans before rolling it back amid backlash, revealing a chronic GPU shortage stemming from a 2022 bet that OpenAI would fail—forcing the company to throttle users and eroding its code-to-data flywheel.
@gitlawb: while Anthropic quietly removed Claude Code from the $20 Pro plan (now $100+ Max only) we just released OpenClaude v0.6…
Anthropic moved Claude Code from the $20 Pro plan to the $100+ Max tier, prompting the release of OpenClaude v0.6.0 as a free open-source alternative.
Anthropic is limiting OpenClaw again. And honestly, it's just sad.
Anthropic is restricting programmatic access to Claude via OpenClaw and the Agent SDK by introducing separate monthly credit pools that do not roll over, reducing the value of subscriptions for heavy users starting June 15, 2026.