Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The author says another colleague's Claude account was banned, and wonders what Dario experienced at Baidu to make him so hostile toward China.

A user shares anti-ban advice: keep two accounts for the Claude client and VSCode, and avoid frequent switching, which can trigger bans when resuming the same conversation.

The user says Opus 5.5 often replies in English and shows less initiative, and that their Claude account was banned, leaving them unable to try future models.

A 20-item satirical list mocking the Claude ban wave: no compliant Chinese accounts, futile appeals and arbitrary suspensions.

Three users compare Claude ban-avoidance attempts: a US account with IP and gift card still missed Pro, a US-hosted device accessed via UU got banned, while a rented US Mac Mini survived a night; the takeaway is Anthropic checks identity consistency.

Responding to a wave of Claude ban complaints on X, the user argues many people never properly set up their usage environment or paid for one.

Even a 2024 account got banned, so the author compiles widely shared tips: stable clean IP, matching timezone and billing address, older Google account, US Apple ID purchase, and multiple Pro plans over Max.

A user confirms calling Claude via -p is fine and code can be checked, guessing a note meant Claude's ban rules are erratic enough to hit compliant users.

A user questions Anthropic's strategy, saying aggressive Claude bans drive paying customers to Codex and hand their subscription money to OpenAI.

The author argues that treating Claude like ChatGPT gets accounts banned: Claude audits IP purity and payment source at a financial-grade level, and switching proxy nodes can trigger a fraud ruling, account ban and forfeited payment, so they propose a layered Claude API / Gemini / Grok setup.

A user reflects on Claude's ban wave: one account survived nearly half a year, while their 20x plan got banned but a 5x plan lasted three months, leaving paying users celebrating mere survival.

The author argues there is no 100% ban-proof method for Claude Code; an account surviving now doesn't prove a method works, and fighting Anthropic is like facing the Hulk.