Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user notes Claude's region list now includes China and supports UnionPay, prompting speculation about whether previously banned Chinese accounts will be unbanned.

The author argues Claude subscription-vs-API price comparisons are moot unless the subscription survives bans, unlike Kimi subscriptions.

The author notes many people's Claude accounts have been banned and that even holding a Pro subscription is hard-won, then suggests making videos by chatting ideas directly with AI instead of relying on skills.

Replying to another post, a user complains their Claude account was banned for no reason and support never explained why, which they find ironic next to talk of a race to the top.

The author argues that most circulating Claude ban-avoidance advice is unreliable, and those who lost hundreds of accounts keep their costly lessons private.

The author doubts Anthropic is really opening to Chinese users, suspects a phishing lure or Stripe misconfiguration, and warns that with Claude bans running hot, users should plan how to get refunds after being banned.

In a reply, the user jokes that Claude actually knows where you are from, so not being banned yet feels like the platform is just toying with you.

The author says refunds via Google went through for all three of their banned Claude accounts, with one initially rejected then approved the next day.

The poster advises choosing Other as the App Store refund reason instead of presets, writing in the text box that the account was banned and the charge unusable, then selecting the Claude order and submitting.

A user's Claude Max account was banned an hour after purchase and Anthropic refused a refund; a bank chargeback through China Merchants Bank recovered the money.

A veteran coder jokes that using Claude Code now means cycling through signup, ban, new email and node, and instant re-ban.

A joke post claims a friend's Claude account was instantly banned after uploading a 100-square-meter apartment listing that was really only 60-something square meters inside.