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by esperent 94 days ago
It might well be a mixture, but 95% of that mixture is vendor lock in. Same reason they don't support AGENTS.md, they want to add friction in switching.
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mgambati 94 days ago
They can try add as much as friction they want. A simple rename in the files and directories like .claude makes the thing work to move out of CC.

It’s not like moving from android to iOS.

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esperent 94 days ago
You'd be surprised how effective small bits of friction are.
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xvector 94 days ago
If it was lock in they wouldn't make it absolutely trivial to change inference providers in Claude Code.
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esafak 93 days ago
The goal is to use Anthropic subscriptions outside of Claude Code!! That is the lock in.
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