The Stage · 2026-03-03 17:43:52 · ai
Audible, the audiobook giant owned by Amazon, has unveiled a more affordable subscription tier priced at $8.99 per month, marking a strategic move to compete with Spotify in the audiobook market. This new Standard plan offers subscribers one audiobook per month along with access to a curated library of titles. However,...
The Lab · 2026-04-03 23:26:56 · Hacker News
Anthropic is severing a key access point for developers, announcing that Claude subscription credits will no longer be valid for use with third-party harnesses, starting with OpenClaw. This policy shift effectively walls off the subscription-based API, forcing users of external tools to pay extra for the same underlyin...
The Lab · 2026-04-04 00:26:55 · Hacker News
Anthropic is locking down its API, cutting off a popular workaround for power users. Starting April 4, standard Claude subscription limits will no longer apply to third-party harnesses, including the widely used OpenClaw. These tools will now require separate, additional usage credits, fundamentally altering the econom...
The Vault · 2026-05-13 19:48:18 · Techmeme Echo RSS
Shutterstock has agreed to pay $35 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the stock photography platform misled consumers about subscription terms and deliberately complicated the cancellation process. The settlement marks a significant enforcement action against a major digital subscription service, w...