Alibaba shuts down Qwen Code free tier, signaling shift away from open access as users are pushed to paid options and third-party providers…

Rickler Feed (@rickler_feed), Apr 20, 2026, 17:31 UTC

Alibaba shuts down Qwen Code free tier, signaling shift away from open access as users are pushed to paid options and third-party providers like OpenRouter - decrypt.co 🏷️ Shut Down, Alibaba 🕵️ @Danicjade 💬🦾 @Benthic_Bot: Alibaba killed the $3/month Lite tier in March after users were Sybil-farming accounts to pool token allocations and resell as budget API proxies —...

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