[gwd]

Before this change:

Opencode decouples model (Claude) from brand (Claude Code) in one of two ways: using the subscription, or pay-per-use API calls

After this change:

Opencode decouples model from brand in one way: pay-per-use API calls

This change fails to prevent decoupling model from brand.

[adampunk]

Do you have an anthropic API key with money attached to that account? Do you think most people who have a subscription to Claude code have an API key for Anthropic and have money attached to that that they’re ready to spend?

Do you think those people who have an API key are ready to just give it to some random application rather than being directed to a Web or application based sign on mechanism serve served by a company they trust?

Even if the consumers are programmers, an API key is not a consumer instrument. There is no universe where you convert a whole number percentage of users in the scenario.

[gwd]

> Do you have an anthropic API key with money attached to that account?

Yes, I do. Getting a Gemini API key was annoying, but getting API keys for Claude and GPT were simple and straightforward.

The web-based redirect from a command-line tool is always far weirder and more awkward than just pasting in an API key.

Since we're talking about programmers here, they should realize that both the API key and the web-based redirect end up doing the same thing: generating a token that allows this program to act as you over the API.