This is literally for you to get tangled in their api and when they stop giving you the allowance they hope you will just continue to pay

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losvedir 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Nah, it's pretty trivial to switch providers (especially with Claude's help, ha).

This is more to encourage people to try out adding AI into their product, which is a totally different flow and experience from using AI to build the product.

	▲	eli 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Or to discourage people from using cheap subscription tokens as part of automated workflows

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tomjen3 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's an old tactic for an old world. You only need, what, half an hour with your agent of choice to write you out of that?

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enraged_camel 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What does "tangled in their api" mean? Switching is pretty easy.

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charcircuit 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Not really, you have to fiddle with generating api keys and setting environment variables. Meanwhile with Anthropic it will just start charging you API prices for the tokens you are generating without even a single warning.

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enraged_camel 5 hours ago | parent [-]

>> Not really, you have to fiddle with generating api keys and setting environment variables.

That's 5-15 minutes of work at most. Not exactly the type of lock-in the parent is implying.

	▲	charcircuit 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The user could have always done that regardless of if the user has the option to be charged API rates on or off.