Kimi Code Plan Sparks Outrage Amid Accusations of Discriminatory Treatment Against Chinese Users

ME AI News: According to monitoring by Beating, Kimi Code Plan, a subscription service under Moonshot AI, recently sparked protests in the Chinese developer community following a series of account bans. The controversy began when open-source developer Leechael developed a Kimi adapter, pi-provider-kimi-code, for the terminal Agent tool Pi Coding Agent. Since Pi’s official platform initially did not support Kimi, Leechael wrote the adapter code to allow paying users to reuse their own Kimi quotas via the terminal. However, shortly after the adapter went live, Kimi’s official team banned Leechael’s account. Meanwhile, overseas developer Noemi also claimed that after running Kimi Code within a Docker container integrated with Pi for two days, their account was banned, and they shared a screenshot of a 403 permission denied error, directly questioning Moonshot AI’s official team. In response to collective backlash from developers, the ban incident saw a dramatic resolution on the afternoon of May 26: Young, a member of the Kimi Code team, replied only to overseas developer Noemi on X with “We immediately adjusted our strategy and restored normal access to the affected accounts. ?” and promptly unbanned the affected paid accounts. However, the controversy did not subside—it quickly escalated into a second wave of public backlash. The official apology and unban notice were published exclusively in English and only selectively responded to overseas developers on X, while completely ignoring protests and refund requests from Chinese users on Chinese-language platforms. This dual treatment ignited widespread anger among domestic paying users. Leechael publicly shared a screenshot of the pi-provider-kimi-code plugin’s README with a deprecation notice, stating bluntly: “Account restored. Requesting refund. Public apology only given to foreign users; Chinese users don’t deserve an explanation. ??” The deprecation notice clearly listed three reasons for discontinuation in English: first, the wrongful account ban; second, the lack of any explanation or apology after unblocking; and third, a systemic bias against Chinese users—manifested in stricter rule enforcement, opaque risk controls, and absence of appeal channels. The notice concluded that developing on a platform that bans first and refuses to explain afterward holds no long-term value; as such, the adapter will be permanently discontinued with no further updates, pull requests, or new releases accepted. (Source: BlockBeats)