I was already only using Claude Code to double-check if it's getting better than Codex, but with things like this, it really isn't even an alternative. What's the point of using a reasoning model if you as an end-user can't seen the reasoning? I don't think I'd be able to work like that at all, I need to have introspection into what the model is doing, and can't believe I have to say this, but also need to be able to see the plaintext of the input prompt...
At least Anthropic doesn't pretend that they have open source software in the form of Claude Code.
They're only encrypting thinking because AI is so dangerous and only they can be trusted to be in control of AGI.
This happens to align with lining their pockets as well.