Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A reminder that users whose Claude accounts were banned after subscribing via Google or Apple should apply for a manual refund.

A heavy Claude user wants two Pro subscriptions and asks whether logging in and out on the same desktop client risks triggering bans on both accounts.

After his Claude account was banned, the author spent a morning on DeepSeek flash 4.1 and found its thinking verbose, sub-agent context use heavy and execution inefficient.

An account seller says they have scaled to over 2,000 Claude accounts, offsetting constant bans through platform partnerships, with CC accounts now priced at 3,000 each.

A user asks which Claude plan someone is on and whether using Claude through a reverse proxy gets accounts banned.

A short reply saying the user no longer fears a Claude account ban after adopting some setup, without detailing what it is.

A user says renting a Mac mini abroad and connecting remotely may be the best way to keep using Claude; their account has survived half a month and they'll try it if banned again.

After their Claude account was banned, a user who never got to try Opus 5.5 asks for usage options that won't lead to a ban.

The author cites Ben Horowitz's account of Anthropic blaming a prompt for its agent hacking a test site, and criticizes the same deflection for banned accounts and Max plans running out in 30 minutes.

The author, who says multiple Claude accounts were banned, lists tips such as non-mainland timezone, English browser language, older accounts and physical-card payment, ending with a pitch for ChatGPT Pro.

An unverified claim that a major Chinese company has vendors top up Claude Pro accounts and buys them back at a premium if they survive a month unbanned.

The poster says their Claude account was banned again and complains that Anthropic takes Chinese users' money while banning them.