A user reported that Anthropic silently enrolled their Claude Code installation into an A/B experiment, overriding their settings and updating the CLI despite auto-updates being disabled. The experiment reportedly caused Opus 4.8 to stop displaying thinking summaries, a feature the user relies on for their workflow. The user expressed concern over Anthropic's practices, citing previous instances of undocumented changes and privacy issues, and questioned the legality of these actions under the Terms of Service. AI
IMPACT Raises concerns about user control and transparency in AI developer tools, potentially impacting adoption.
RANK_REASON User complaint about a product's behavior, not a company announcement.
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