paddo.dev: Claude Code Channels Is Platform Absorption — The Crab Eats the Lobster
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Paddo's March 21 analysis argues Channels (texting agents via Telegram) is Anthropic absorbing a previously niche DIY pattern into the platform layer — the same move it made with /loop, worktrees, and hooks. When the platform internalizes a third-party pattern, custom integrations become dead weight. The author coins this 'crab eats lobster' — the built-in always beats the bolt-on.