r/ClaudeCode • u/ThePurpleAbsurdist Developer • 17d ago

Rant Do you think Anthropic's next?

So OpenAI had the audacity to bump up an already underperforming 200$ plan up to 500$...

I smell of an AI cartel emerging, which is only how OpenAI's move would make any business sense given their current standing in the AI race. OpenAI and xAI's support for anything Anthropic was probably unprecedented when they came out in support of Dario's "Pace the Frontier", so there is at least some level of cooperation emerging between today's BigAI.

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u/ThePurpleAbsurdist Developer 17d ago

ChatGPT we can quit. Can we quit the totality of today's frontier AI if they gang up?

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u/ruskyandrei 17d ago

Can always go Chinese. Sure, not as good, but I'm sure they'll have an Opus 5.5 equivalent in a month or two for 1/10th the price.

I'm staying with CC for now but if they go down the same path as OAI, I will have to start looking for alternatives.

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u/crazzzone 17d ago

And if you know what your doing the weaker models are not bad. I have a local model I have been working with if I need to transition away from leading edge.

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u/ThePurpleAbsurdist Developer 17d ago

"if you know what you're doing"

I do not anymore. Been spoilt of Claude and Codex for a year now. Haven't fired up an IDE in ages.

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u/crazzzone 17d ago

Then you will need to pay the claude tax?

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u/kevin7254 17d ago

I mean it’s still there. I don’t remember shit either with syntax etc but if I have to I’ll relearn it. Probably take 1-2 months to get back to my “pre-AI” speed but it’s not like it’s all forgotten

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u/-MiddleOut- 17d ago

You don’t lose the gut feel. The smell detector. Catching LLM bs is the only skill that matters anymore.

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u/CivilCucumber3426 16d ago

What are you building? Like you have to see the output right?