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Anthropic recently enforced restrictions preventing users from using Claude Code subscription tokens with third-party tools like Cursor and Open Code, requiring users to either use Claude Code exclusively or pay significantly higher API pricing. While this was always in their terms of service, the sudden enforcement after months of tolerance has sparked controversy. The enforcement appears motivated by multiple factors: debugging difficulties with third-party integrations, the competitive threat from rapidly growing open-source alternatives like Open Code, and potentially severe cost subsidization issues. The move undermines developer goodwill at the peak of Claude's popularity and suggests Anthropic wants to lock users into their entire stack rather than just their models, possibly due to unsustainable economics in the AI infrastructure race.

The Claude Code Situation

<p>I switched from Cursor to Claude Code because my cursor bill was $1000+/m for using Anthropic models… and now I discover Cursor was using unlimited Claude Code tokens while charging the maximum to me. They deserved it.</p>
