Anthropic definitely trying to set fire to any reputation they’ve built up. I can’t imagine they’ll offer *any* affordable plans once they IPO.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/anthropic_removes_claude_code_pro/

Anthropic tests how devs react to yanking Claude Code from Pro plan

: Unannounced change apparently aimed at two percent of users but hit documentation for everyone

The Register
I can’t see how any of the current LLM-based ecosystem will survive once the money circle-jerk ends. And now there a huge bunch of pre-trained models out there anyone will be able to run them on their own infra (GPUs will be cheap as chips once the bubble bursts). It’s not like most corporate users make use of the “knowledge” part of the models - there’s far more call for performing classification and summarisation tasks than “who won the Mexico ‘86 World Cup?” general knowledge questions.
@awfulwoman
Declaring open source models too dangerous and restricting access for safety reasons?
@mxf8bv @awfulwoman attempts at import/export controls like crypto had in the 90s. A matter of national security, you see.