Claude, OpenClaw, and the End of Ambiguous AI Pricing

A Hacker News thread exploded this week around a short but consequential email from Anthropic. Starting April 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT (which is April 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM IST), Anthropic said Claude subscription limits would no longer apply to third-party harnesses like OpenClaw. Those workflows can continue, but they move to separately billed extra usage (pay-as-you-go). On paper, this is a po...