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vmg12 on July 12, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO ...

Claude API pricing has significant margin baked in. I think it's safe to assume that anthropic is getting 80% margin on their api and they are selling claude code for less than that.

mnky9800n on July 13, 2025 [–]

I assumed I pay a premium for a Max account to not have to worry about api costs getting stuck in a forever loop.

vmg12 on July 13, 2025 | [–]

You are not paying a premium for a max account. You are paying much less than what you would pay if you were using the api directly.

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