> The agent consuming those tokens is irrelevant.

This is so wrong.

The subscription is to Claude (the app, Claude code, etc) not the API.

Anthropic subsidizes Claude code because they collect a ton of super useful telemetry and logs so they can improve… Claude code.

Wanting to pay for a subscription to Claude and treat it like an API discount is like going to an all you can eat buffet and asking them to bring unlimited quantities of raw ingredients to you so you can cook at home. Ok, not a perfect analogy, but you get the idea.