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A lab makes subscribers pay extra for third-party agent access

development2026-04-05

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Anthropic effectively banned OpenClaw from non-API Claude by making subscribers pay extra for third-party tool access.

Reporting date: 2026-04-05 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 5, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to April 5, 2026

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Anthropic

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Schoolchildren and retirees raise their own agents

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Welcome to April 5, 2026

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A lab makes subscribers pay extra for third-party agent access
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-04-05
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-05-anthropic-prices-out-third-party-agents
Claim: Anthropic effectively banned OpenClaw from non-API Claude by making subscribers pay extra for third-party tool access.
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- Welcome to April 5, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-5-2026
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