Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says they wanted to try Claude Code but needs a Pro subscription and fears mainland China accounts get banned, so they stick with ChatGPT Plus for small projects.

The author compares ChatGPT and Claude, saying Claude is the strongest choice in China if you can use it without getting banned, though new accounts are banned instantly, and also advertises AI subscriptions.

A user says their Claude account has been restored and they also received half a year of Gemini Ultra, so they plan to stop paying for ChatGPT unless Claude gets banned again.

The user says they now use only Claude and top up only Claude despite GPT and Gemini hype, and after one account was banned they kept opening new accounts to buy membership.

A post jokes that when Claude ban waves hit, people who call ChatGPT slow quickly switch to the backup, because what they want is not loyalty but an uninterrupted supply.

A user says GPT is not that good to use and is looking for a way to use Claude that won't get their account banned.

A user contrasts the two platforms, saying many people in China access ChatGPT through US proxies because it doesn't ban accounts, while Claude does.

The user says their Claude account was banned and they went back to using ChatGPT, not daring to touch Claude again.

The poster says he has plenty of unbanned Claude accounts and bans are not a real cost, but he is unhappy that paid money is not refunded after a ban, and that ChatGPT has banned more of his accounts than Claude.

A user wonders whether such a "chosen" Claude account exists: free account banned, appeal succeeds, then a subscription that never gets banned again, and compares it with ChatGPT bans.

A user says they had two Claude accounts banned but still signed up for a new $20 plan, leaving their $100 ChatGPT subscription as a backup.

A user who relies on ChatGPT for heavy tasks and Claude for daily work says that with the Claude account banned, a full day's work had to be done manually.