Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The author calls Devin a poor subscription experience, praises Droid for running Opus 5.5 smoothly, and notes their two-week-old Claude account has not been banned yet.

A user says that after their new account was banned, registering Claude with an old Google account kept returning a message that new users are not currently accepted.

Anthropic's Q3 revenue reportedly reached $16.8B, close to two-thirds of Moutai's full-year revenue, while the author complains that paying users are still being banned en masse and asks how long banned accounts survived.

A user says that since subscribing to Claude they are constantly on edge, fearing a ban whenever the network fluctuates, and no longer care about rate hike odds or US stock moves as long as the account stays active.

A user remarks that Chinese users sharing ways to avoid Claude subscription bans feels like a kind of national unity, adding that their own Claude account was banned again.

A user says their Claude account has been banned multiple times, including once after just three days of use, so they don't dare subscribe to Max.

A seller is offering Claude Max 5x and 20x top-ups and ready-made accounts starting at 699 yuan, with a one-time replacement guarantee if the account is banned.

A user complains that Claude bans accounts often, still calls it a white moonlight, and asks others about their ban experiences and solutions, linking a tutorial.

Anthropic says Singapore ranks second worldwide in per-capita Claude usage, and the poster jokes that Chinese developers are driving that traffic through IP nodes while getting banned.

After losing more than five Claude accounts and hundreds of dollars, the author used controlled tests to find that payment method and chat content trigger bans most, while IP, timezone and language matter less.

A commentary argues the Claude ban wave shows the risk of relying on one tool, and warns Anthropic's risk controls could cost it more reputation if they hit normal users.

Replying in the ban-wave discussion, a user says their Claude account has been banned twice and never survived more than a week.