Claude Users Cancel Subscriptions Over Watermarking, Claiming It Exceeds EU Legal Requirements
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-08-12
Multiple users are canceling their Claude subscriptions due to its watermarking feature, arguing that Anthropic goes beyond EU law by watermarking even lightly edited human text. The EU requires AI-generated content to be identifiable but exempts simple edits. Users are switching to alternatives like Kimi, GLM, and Deepseek.
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