{"id":95938,"date":"2026-04-06T13:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/?p=95938"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:45:17","slug":"anthropic-restricts-openclaw-usage-in-claude-amidst-feature-copying-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/anthropic-restricts-openclaw-usage-in-claude-amidst-feature-copying-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic Restricts OpenClaw Usage in Claude Amidst Feature Copying Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropic has informed users that they will no longer be able to apply Claude subscription limits to third-party interfaces like OpenClaw. Additional payment will be required for using this feature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starting tomorrow at 12pm PT, Claude subscriptions will no longer cover usage on third-party tools like OpenClaw.<\/p>\n<p>You can still use these tools with your Claude login via extra usage bundles (now available at a discount), or with a Claude API key.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Cherny (@bcherny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bcherny\/status\/2040206440556826908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOur subscriptions were not designed with third-party tool usage in mind. Computational resources are a carefully managed asset, and we prioritize our clients using our products and <span data-descr=\"application programming interface\" class=\"old_tooltip\">API<\/span>,\u201d commented Claude Code&#8217;s head, Boris Cherny.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developers&#8217; Reaction and Technical Constraints<\/h2>\n<p>OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger reported that he, along with project board member Dave Morin, attempted to persuade Anthropic&#8217;s management. However, they only managed to delay the implementation of the new rules by one week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">woke up and my mentions are full of these<\/p>\n<p>Both me and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davemorin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davemorin<\/a> tried to talk sense into Anthropic, best we managed was delaying this for a week.<\/p>\n<p>Funny how timings match up, first they copy some popular features into their closed harness, then they lock out open source. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mgmv6YmW2B\">https:\/\/t.co\/Mgmv6YmW2B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Steinberger \ud83e\udd9e (@steipete) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steipete\/status\/2040209434019082522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cFunny how timings match up: first they copy some popular features into their closed platform, then they lock out open source,\u201d the entrepreneur emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response, Cherny <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bcherny\/status\/2040213608064491525\">stated<\/a> that the startup team supports open source, and the decision was made due to technical constraints.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOur systems are finely tuned for one specific type of load. We continue to optimize to serve as many users as possible with the most intelligent models,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The developer reminded that clients dissatisfied with the changes can cancel their subscription and receive a full refund.<\/p>\n<p>Back in April, the AI startup accidentally <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/anthropic-accidentally-deletes-thousands-of-github-repositories-amid-claude-code-leak\">deleted thousands of repositories<\/a> on GitHub in attempts to remove leaked Claude Code source code from the web.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropic has informed users that they will no longer be able to apply Claude subscription limits to third-party interfaces like OpenClaw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Anthropic restricts Claude subscription limits for third-party tools like OpenClaw.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1434,438,2437],"class_list":["post-95938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-anthropic","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-openclaw"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Anthropic restricts Claude subscription limits for third-party tools like OpenClaw.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95940,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95938\/revisions\/95940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}