{"id":44385,"date":"2026-04-06T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/anthropic-is-forcing-users-to-pay-extra-to-run-opengl-with-the-cloud\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:34:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:34:28","slug":"anthropic-is-forcing-users-to-pay-extra-to-run-opengl-with-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/anthropic-is-forcing-users-to-pay-extra-to-run-opengl-with-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic is forcing users to pay extra to run OpenGL with the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<hr class=\"custom-gradient-background my-6 h-(6px) max-w-(75px) border-0\"\/>\n<p>Bad news for OpenGL fans: Anthropic wants you to pay more to use its AI models. This wasn&#8217;t something that Anthropic necessarily announced; Rather, the company <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=47633396\" title=\"open in a new window\">Started sending emails to affected users<\/a>Tell them they can no longer use their Cloud Code subscription limit with third-party \u201charnesses,\u201d which includes \u2013 and most notably \u2013 OpenClave. Anthropic confirmed users can still connect to OpenClave with their cloud account, but they will have to pay more money to do so \u2013 including a &#8220;pay-as-you-go&#8221; option added to the cost of the subscription. <\/p>\n<p>According to Anthropic, this policy change is not without logic or reason. <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/04\/anthropic-says-claude-code-subscribers-will-need-to-pay-extra-for-openclaw-support\/\" title=\"open in a new window\">As highlighted by TechCrunch<\/a>Boris Cherny, Head of Cloud Code, <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bcherny\/status\/2040206441756471399\" title=\"open in a new window\">explained on x<\/a> That the company&#8217;s subscriptions &#8220;were not designed for the usage patterns of these third-party tools,&#8221; and that Anthropic is prioritizing customers who are using the company&#8217;s first-party products and APIs. <\/p>\n<p>OpenClaw has had a lot of success. The tool, formerly called Moltbot, and previously called Cloudbot, is designed as an agentic AI assistant that you run locally on your devices. For many people, this means running OpenGL on a Mac Mini designed for this purpose. Unlike ChatGPT or Gemini, which have their own proprietary interface, you communicate with OpenClaw through any chat app of your choice. You can use OpenClaw to organize your email inbox, write code for a project, plan your goals for the month, whatever you want your agent to do, text in WhatsApp, Apple Messages, Microsoft Teams, whatever you want.<\/p>\n<p>But OpenClaw doesn&#8217;t just&#8230;run. You need to power it with an AI model. In this case, users are relying on Anthropic&#8217;s cloud \u2013 and, if they have a Cloud Code subscription, they are simply taking advantage of the plan they&#8217;ve already paid for. As you might expect, running agentive tasks through OpenGL is extremely intensive, which prompted Anthropic to rethink how it was charging users.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pogoClear relative my-10 border-b-(1.5px) border-t-(1.5px) border-dashed border-black py-5 sm:my-14 sm:border-0 sm:py-0\" data-ga-click=\"\" data-ga-template=\"News\" data-ga-module=\"openweb_widget\" data-ga-element=\"openweb_scroll\" data-ga-item=\"openweb_scroll_midpage\" x-data=\"{&#10;         commentsCount: null,&#10;         hasComments: false,&#10;         async fetchCommentsCount() {&#10;             try {&#10;                 if (window.openweb &amp;&amp; typeof window.openweb.getMessagesCount === 'function') {&#10;                     this.commentsCount = await window.openweb.getMessagesCount('01KNHWX2DVRN8V7N4EKNFQ81S9');&#10;                     this.hasComments = this.commentsCount !== null &amp;&amp; this.commentsCount &gt; 0;&#10;                 }&#10;             } catch (e) {&#10;                 console.warn('Failed to fetch comment count:', e);&#10;             }&#10;         }&#10;     }\" x-init=\"fetchCommentsCount()\" x-cloak=\"\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-fit items-center gap-x-3 bg-white px-5\">\n<p>            <span class=\"text-sm font-medium text-black\"><\/p>\n<p>                What do you think so far?<br \/>\n                <button class=\"ml-1 font-semibold text-brand-green underline hover:text-brand-green-700\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Comment section trigger\" onclick=\"window.openweb.scrollToComments('01KNHWX2DVRN8V7N4EKNFQ81S9')\" x-text=\"hasComments ? 'Post a comment.' : 'Be the first to post a comment.'\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Interestingly, OpenClaw&#8217;s founder, Peter Steinberger, <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/openclaw-founder-peter-steinberger-joins-openai\" title=\"open in a new window\">Joined OpenAI in February<\/a>-One of Anthropic&#8217;s main rivals. <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/steipete\/status\/2040209434019082522\" title=\"open in a new window\">steinberger said on x<\/a> that he and OpenClaw board member Dave Morin &#8220;tried to talk sense into Anthropic, (but) the best we could do was delay it for a week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n            var facebookPixelLoaded = false;\n            window.addEventListener(\"load\", function() {\n                document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", facebookPixelScript);\n                document.addEventListener(\"mousemove\", facebookPixelScript);\n            });\n            function facebookPixelScript() {\n                if (!facebookPixelLoaded) {\n                    facebookPixelLoaded = true;\n                    document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", facebookPixelScript);\n                    document.removeEventListener(\"mousemove\", facebookPixelScript);\n                    window.zdconsent.cmd.push(function() {\n                        ! function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                            if (f.fbq) return;\n                            n = f.fbq = function() {\n                                n.callMethod ?\n                                    n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                            };\n                            if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                            n.push = n;\n                            n.loaded = !0;\n                            n.version = \"2.0\";\n                            n.queue = ();\n                            t = b.createElement(e);\n                            t.async = !0;\n                            t.src = v;\n                            s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n                            s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                        }(window,\n                            document, \"script\", \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js\");\n                        fbq(\"init\", \"37418175030\");\n                        fbq(\"track\", \"PageView\");\n                    });\n                }\n            }\n        <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news for OpenGL fans: Anthropic wants you to pay more to use its AI models. This wasn&#8217;t something that Anthropic necessarily announced; Rather, the company Started sending emails to affected usersTell them they can no longer use their Cloud Code subscription limit with third-party \u201charnesses,\u201d which includes \u2013 and most notably \u2013 OpenClave. 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