Anthropic Temporarily Boosts Claude Code Usage Limits

Free capacity is a customer-acquisition cost, and Anthropic is spending it deliberately. With Grok Build launching the same week, the timing isn't coincidence — it's a defensive moat-deepening move while developer loyalty is still forming. The reframe: agentic coding tools are entering the "subsidize usage to win habit" phase, the same playbook ride-share and streaming ran. That's great for developers now and a warning sign later. Today's generous limits are tomorrow's price increase. Teams building critical workflows on Claude Code should architect for portability before the subsidy era ends.