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		theshrike79 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anthropic takes legal action against OpenCode It's not a loss leader - as in they're not making a loss on the subscription. Because they control the harness(es) and the backend, they can optimise caching and thus the costs to them.

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siva7 5 days ago | [–]

I'm giving up. Caching is optimized server-side on a product for which they can't control the client.

bitpush 5 days ago | [–]

Loss leader doesnt mean $0. Loss leader means it is subsidized to attain another, larger goal.

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