Maybe Anthropic is just testing the waters to see what they can get away with. Left unchallenged (court, charge back, whatever) why change course?
Well, with the Chinese AI divisions becoming a serious competitor more and more, they should start caring about their reputation. Otherwise people will go to the cheaper competitor.
because they want people to trust them and continue to use their services. being a shitty business to deal with will eventually bite them, its not like they are the only choice.
theres no water-testing here, they've been operating this way for years -- that's why I am a former customer.
I think it's they don't want to set a precedent on refunding for bugs because one bug could cost them millions.