Comment by theturtletalks

Comment by theturtletalks 8 hours ago

I don’t get the outrage, this is same as when Twitter and Reddit cut off 3rd party clients to push people to use their official client. The lesson is that don’t build a product that depends on unofficial APIs. Opencode got huge adoption because they baked in being able to use Claude’s max plan so people could switch with no switching costs. Why would you think Anthropic would be ok with this? On top of that, I read Anthropic cache’s the system prompt for Claude code for every user and this helps their costs.

The truth is Opencode didn’t have to bake this in. People who can will proxy Claude’s API anyways through other means.

Gander5739 7 hours ago

3rd party reddit clients used the official api. They changed it from free to paid.

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theturtletalks 7 hours ago

This is true, Twitter and Reddit clients were using official APIs that got their price increased. The point still stands though, don't build a service dependent on another service and especially if you're using an unofficial API. It works if you're under the radar but Opencode is not anymore.
Honestly, it seems like this played out in Opencode's favor. They are getting press for this and people who are used to Opencode now and can't use their Claude plan might use GLM 4.7 or Minimax M2, models they offer for free.

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- theshrike79 3 hours ago
  
  The Reddit API price was completely bonkers, a power-user would have had to pay tens of dollars a month for it.
  
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