I can only concur, having someone who's extremely passionate about a project but whose vision diverges drastically from the project's leads is hell all around.

Given GP seems to indeed have quite divergent opinions about the product's focus:

> What bothered me about the platform was that I didn't know or connect with my teachers. I wanted to connect with members of my community and learn from them, instead of just digesting information from a black box.

then it's probably a better thing that they went and created their own version focused on what they think is important.