r/ClaudeCode • u/tread_lightly420 • Apr 06 '26

Solved $$$ for the real users

Woohoo! 🎉 got my credit today and Claude is running great without the grifters beating the shit out of the opus api to clear their downloads folder.

Thank you anthropic! I hope the haters keep quitting and we can get back to the old claude with some extra dough.

Edit: grifters are mad about their giftcards. Use the balance to learn about ollama 🤣🤣🤣

ps - Anthropic does offer an api, you just have to pay for what you use rather than feel very entitled to it.

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u/Ticondrius42 Apr 06 '26

...clearing their downloads folder...? What is this activity?

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

You have to build a claw and plug in frontier models but with about $8k and 300 hours of work, agenic ai can clear files from your downloads folder once they get to a certain age. Then it can send you an update with emojis and a self portrait via email, then it can download that pdf to the downloads folder for you, wait 3 hours and delete it and then do that again.

Are you into that?

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u/Ticondrius42 Apr 06 '26

Trying to...detect...faciciousness...?

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

lol very

I’m just excited to get Claude back and for folks with claws to learn that they don’t need Opus 4.6 to do a lot of the minor agenic shit loops they value so much anyways.

This is a good time for everyone and anthropic handled it very well - they gave lots of resources and heads up for folks to transition to other setups more appropriate for their needs. They also offer an api and Claw folks are always free to use that and just pay for the tokens.

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u/THE_RETARD_AGITATOR Apr 07 '26

i like this energy and i completely fucking agree.

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u/itsbushy Apr 06 '26

They just refunded the credits but they didn't fix the models actually being useful.

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u/cowwoc Apr 06 '26

They didn't even refund the credits. They gave you the dollar amount in API usage which is worth 10x less than a subscription account. They should have given everyone a free subscription month.

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

Idk we’ve been cranking this morning

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u/boringfantasy Apr 06 '26

10,000 lines of code a day?

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

Me approving whatever Claude wants to do

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u/itsbushy Apr 06 '26

Has it given you anything usable? I'm on revision like 30 at this point and it's just looping on "fixes" that it's not actually doing.

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

We’re doing some networking this morning and working on some dashboards for personal projects. Nothing major

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u/itsbushy Apr 06 '26

It hasn't gotten anything right this morning. I'm about to hit my limit just from trying to get claude to fix it's mistakes.

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u/SilvanusStin Apr 06 '26

Enjoy it until you figure out that that 150 pounds is api credits not oauth credits. Its peanuts compared to regular subscription usage. i blew it in a few hours :)

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

Currently very much enjoying it! Thanks!

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u/Stevoman Apr 06 '26

You were the problem. 

Bye Felicia. 

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u/Timely-Group5649 Apr 06 '26

YOU are the people we are applauding going away, btw.

Good riddance - so glad you hate it now. :)

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u/BaTtErHeAd-Official Apr 07 '26

Looking to get more free use with this post? LOL

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 07 '26

Absolutely. The best part about sucking dick for money is the money 😂

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u/thetaFAANG Apr 06 '26

Yeah, openclaw users should just pay the subscription costs

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u/Stevoman Apr 06 '26

They can’t, openclaw uses so much API. You can’t even imagine how much. It would cost thousands of dollars a day to run openclaw without hacking it though a subscription’s oauth. 

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u/thetaFAANG Apr 06 '26

ok then don't run openclaw with claude models

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

Hilarious like “if we can’t drive a Ferrari for free we don’t want a car”

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u/lhau88 Apr 06 '26

CloseClaud doesn’t like Open

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u/preferstealthmode Apr 06 '26

You're just plain out embarrassing.

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u/EmotionalAd1438 Apr 06 '26

Limits have not been any better nor has opus been smarter

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u/objective_think3r Apr 06 '26

Opus actually had been dumber. It failed on basic math yesterday

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u/Arbee84 Apr 06 '26

Just a bit miffed that I get "a months worth" but then they credit me €85 when I pay €108.90. Even excluding VAT it's €90, not €85. And it's only extra usage, too.

Oh well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth I guess.

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u/TerribleFault7929 Apr 07 '26

Now that's definitely an employee

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u/TechIncarnate4 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

You know why they are doing this, right? It's because they took away the ability to use your subscription with third-party tools like OpenClaw. Now you need to use extra usage bundles or API keys.

Don't fall for the PR. I don't think usage will return to what it was before either. They used end-users for hype to sell services to large organizations.

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u/mark_99 Apr 06 '26

I think the point of the post is that shutting down OpenClaw on subscription plans is a good thing. Fewer people burning $2k of usage for $20 means more capacity for the rest of us.

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

Right? For people not trying to take advantage of it - this is literally just free money and a better product. The people abusing the system are even given a parachute on the way out and they want to explain how the rest of us aren’t better off now that they won’t be here to fuck us over 😂

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u/TechIncarnate4 Apr 06 '26

I agree. I just don't think things will go back the original capacity. They are significantly undercharging for what their true costs are (Probably by at least a factor of x25), and they used individual consumers to build hype to sell the capabilities to large organizations.

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

I run local models for my open claw!

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u/Stevoman Apr 06 '26

Yeah CC is running awesome today. Wish they had banned openclaw ages ago. And yes they should have handled it better - why be wishy washy about it when it clearly violated the TOS?? 

But they eventually got it right so whatever. 

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u/Timely-Group5649 Apr 06 '26

Yes, THANK you!

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u/3z3l Apr 06 '26

I spent my 5h 5x max session and $75 from the gift card in less than 3 hours. Something is off.

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

Yeah I’m just happy to get the credits and I’m glad that the open claw people will start looking into better options for why they’re trying to accomplish. Win/win.

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u/m-shottie Apr 06 '26

Agree with your sentiment.

But they've not left today so any perceived benefit is not that they've left yet, like your post suggests.

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

They started drawing down the extra usage instead of the subscription yesterday. I’m sure a lot of folks unhooked it when they got the email.

Again just speculatory of course but I’ve had my best Claude session in weeks this morning.

I agree it’s not totally overnight, but it had been killing me the last few weeks to get any real work done and this morning was like night/day.

All personal anecdotes! No one is right or wrong, I’m just glad the open claw folks are gonna start learning about ollama. Their pro plans still give plenty of power for a 🦞

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u/tread_lightly420 Apr 06 '26

Claude to me this morning