Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The poster wonders why many people whose Claude accounts were banned keep struggling to keep them alive instead of switching to Codex, and says Codex feels no worse than Claude.

A user says their Claude account was just banned, after previously letting Claude create a video on its own that drew a fair number of views.

A test finds the Claude account registered through cue with its own email has been banned, while the muse account using an Outlook email and a code-received phone number survives, kept warm by scheduled random questions.

A joke post saying the user only picks Claude, with a parenthetical caveat of "only until Anthropic bans me," alluding to the wave of account bans.

The author says Claude bans are unpredictable and unavoidable, and suggests using a US Apple ID with PayPal linked to a domestic card so you can request an Apple refund after being banned.

A reposted guide claims Claude Code continuously reports machine, network and usage data, and suggests intercepting requests and disguising them as a "normal user" before sending to lower the chance of a ban after subscribing.

The user says they tried Shadowrocket, Clash, and a US residential VPS setup, but still had four Claude accounts banned, and has now switched to a one-tap VPN.

A user says they ran Opus 5.5 continuously for two days without stopping and their Claude account was banned.

A user says a large number of Chinese users have had their Claude accounts banned, but many still open new accounts and keep subscribing to Claude.

A user says their Claude account has never been banned and suggests the reason may be using a fixed node and a fixed device.

The author complains that many people can't keep a single Claude account and keep getting banned, and asks why Anthropic targets Chinese users.

A user says their Claude account has never been banned, that Claude no longer has an advantage, and that GPT accounts are rarely banned.