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Anthropic forces Claude users to pay separately for OpenClaw access starting April 4th, effectively pricing out the third-party tool.

Anthropic forces Claude users to pay separately for OpenClaw access starting April 4th, effectively pricing out the third-party tool.

3 Key Points

  1. Beginning April 4th at 3PM ET, Claude subscribers can no longer use their subscription limits for OpenClaw and other third-party tools

  2. Users wanting to continue using OpenClaw must switch to a separate pay-as-you-go billing option instead of their standard Claude subscription

  3. OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger now works for OpenAI, suggesting Anthropic may be pushing users toward its own competing tools like Claude Cowork

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