Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAnthropic nuked a company's access to Claude, stopping 60 employees dead in their tracks — support via Google Form is the only recourse for vague usage policy violationwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square143linkfedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down15
arrow-up1516arrow-down1external-linkAnthropic nuked a company's access to Claude, stopping 60 employees dead in their tracks — support via Google Form is the only recourse for vague usage policy violationwww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square143linkfedilink
minus-squareTamps@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up145·3 days agoJust another form of vendor lock-in. If your business model is mostly/entirely dependent on an external party, that should be a well understood risk.
minus-squareitsathursday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·3 days agoThe only people winning are selling shovels
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·3 days agoDude, it’s 2026. We don’t sell shovels, we sell shovel subscriptions.
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoOh absolutely, Anthropic has dynamic token usage during peak hours.
minus-squarebenjirenji@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoOr rather the right to use shovels under ToS that can be changed on a whim.
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoAnd you can sell at least one shovel to somebody digging themselves into a hole
Just another form of vendor lock-in. If your business model is mostly/entirely dependent on an external party, that should be a well understood risk.
The only people winning are selling shovels
Dude, it’s 2026. We don’t sell shovels, we sell shovel subscriptions.
Tiered shovel subscriptions.
Dynamically priced
Oh absolutely, Anthropic has dynamic token usage during peak hours.
Or rather the right to use shovels under ToS that can be changed on a whim.
And you can sell at least one shovel to somebody digging themselves into a hole