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Microsoft Cancels Anthropic AI Claude Subscriptions for Developers - AI Is Too Expensive

2026-05-16 Science & Technology
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Top Comments (10)

@robertogaleno5920 2026-05-16

First they fire the developers because AI can do their jobs, and then they cancel the AI licenses. Wow, AI is apparently so powerful it doesn’t even need AI itself to function anymore.

407 17 replies
@toi_techno 2026-05-16

Seeing Altman arrested for fraud would make me very happy

180 24 replies
@dvdragon 2026-05-16

There are no more developers. Just three coding agents in a hoodie.

126 3 replies
@eternalskeptic 2026-05-16

What we need isn't Artificial Intelligence. What we need is Actual Intelligence.

104 7 replies
@jonbikaku6133 2026-05-16

I think you mean Microslop.

82 2 replies
@Yeahwhateverdog 2026-05-16

This feels like an Ed Zitron pale horse

75 4 replies
@prikazviz1951 2026-05-16

Autodesk canceled floating license, two thirds of employees lost access to cad software. Solution is - let them install freecad. What if freecad is good enough? Real businesses struggle with money. Tech bros cant comprehend that.

52 3 replies
@Sakuyamon 2026-05-16

they are gonna discover very soon that AI burned a hole in their heads.

44 1 replies
@RaymondPeckIII 2026-05-16

You know what's more expensive than a $200/month Claude subscription? Your $150/h employee spending 160 hours in a month struggling with shit tools like Copilot. "Hey, man, that Sawzall is expensive! Tear down this house with a hatchet instead! It's only $20!"

35 4 replies
@blk9983 2026-05-16

(Ed Zitron noises intensify)

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