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What do you mean in spite of their tech choices? When have the tech choices ever been an issue in the lifespan of Claude Code? From where I sit, it seems like their tech choices enabled them to create an industry-defining product.

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for about half a year claude code had this obnoxious flicker problem. i almost quit and went to codex over it.

I mean people are using Claude Code because of their underlying LLM - they'll put up with Claude Code. There's no other real option to get Opus at a reasonably affordable price without CC.

Most people would choose to swim a lap through a pool of pee to get a billion dollars at the end. The pool of pee itself wasn't the once in a lifetime opportunity (for most).

Sorry, I'm bad at analogies.

I may not be the standard case, but I use Claude Code over Codex, OpenCode, Amp, etc primarily because of the UX, not the models or pricing.

> When have the tech choices ever been an issue in the lifespan of Claude Code?

This is just blatantly ignoring all of the glaring issues Claude Code has had over its lifespan.

I think the point is that people still continued to use it above everything else regardless.

Because there's no legal way to use Claude Code on subscription otherwise

Exactly. Their tech choices were not an issue because other things mattered more to users.

Yes. "People don't use alternatives not because they literally aren't allowed to, but because other things matter more"

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