Simon Willison Documents AI Coding Pricing Crisis: Both Claude Code and Copilot Restrict Tiers on Same Day

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Simon Willison published two posts on April 22 dissecting the simultaneous pricing restrictions from Anthropic and GitHub. His Claude Code analysis ('Is Claude Code going to cost $100/month? Probably not') walks through the confused messaging, reversed pricing page changes, and what it means for Pro subscribers. His GitHub Copilot post covers the signup pause and model removals. The coincidence of both major AI coding providers restricting their cheapest tiers within 48 hours of each other signals a structural margin crisis across the industry.