API revenue as a potential offset for losses on Claude’s $200 plan
Using figures they explicitly call made up, a user sketches how API spending driven by subscribers could cover subscription losses and support aggressive expansion.
TLDR
One user makes a hypothetical case for Claude’s $200 plan: average usage could be well below the maximum offered, limiting subscription losses, while API business driven by those subscribers could cover the gap. The argument assumes margins around 90%. The user explicitly says the specific numbers are made up and argues that breaking even could justify aggressive expansion.
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