Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

Anthropic's prospectus estimates 5–7% of revenue in the first nine months came from users violating usage policies, and says detection and bans were stepped up in August and September.

A user says their Claude account was just banned and they will use Codex as a stopgap before trying Claude again.

The author breaks the China VPN learning curve into stages, noting that dirty proxy IPs got X, Instagram and Claude accounts banned before they moved to residential IPs.

Breaks down Anthropic's filing revenue, API share and 900% net retention, while complaining that its account bans are harsh and hurt user experience.

After finally signing up for Claude via Google login, a new user hit a server error on refresh and found a ban notice in their inbox.

A commenter says certain setups only serve niche needs, and an earlier Claude ban wave revived demand for them.

Users argue whether a VPN service guarantees no Claude ban, with one replying that ban reasons vary and have little to do with the VPN.

A user asks if the other person bought a ready-made Claude account directly and notes it has not been banned.

The author says Anthropic earned roughly $1.6-2.3B in nine months from banned violating customers, charged but not refunded, likely mostly Chinese users.

A reseller prices Claude Max 5x at 699 yuan and 20x at 849 yuan, each with a one-time ban replacement guarantee.

A promoter advertises Trans86 relay at 85% off, claiming users can call full Claude models without fear of account bans.

The author's Claude account was banned, so they flipped subscriptions to Codex $100 plus Claude $20 and run a three-step flow: Opus writes the spec, Codex executes, Opus reviews.