Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

Post suspects Claude keeps doubling prices and bans accounts more aggressively than anyone, while wondering whether free DeepSeek really intends to make no money.

The post recounts Anthropic CEO Dario's 2014 stint on Baidu's speech recognition team and his discomfort with its loose data privacy stance, asking whether it relates to the current wave of bans on Chinese users.

A short reply complains that Claude accounts keep getting banned, with a resigned tone.

A user considering switching from CC Switch to Magpie asks whether connecting official Claude and Codex subscription accounts risks rate limits, verification prompts, or account bans, and wants long-term user reports.

The author's two-year-old Claude account was banned, and new accounts with fresh IPs, Gmail, US App Store cards or purchased accounts were banned instantly, concluding any setup triggers bans.

Reminds Claude users on proxies that refunds don't restore chat history, so export data periodically via Settings → Privacy → Export data.

A user says many people worry that paying for Claude Max will get their account banned, so they register several accounts and switch between them when tokens run out.

An image post asks why so many people are having their Claude accounts banned, reflecting how common the issue has become among users.

Post shares an image of unconventional, questionable tricks users try to keep their Claude accounts from being banned.

The author subscribed to Claude Pro with a new Google alt due to phone verification; in the July ban wave both the alt and the never-used main account were banned, and the main account was banned again after a week of free use in October.

A seller is offering pre-made Claude accounts with a ban warranty after two months of testing, priced high for stability, with Taobao and WeChat ordering plus a support group.

A user asks whether it's true that Anthropic recently loosened its ban rules and that many users' Claude accounts have been reinstated.