My impression is that lots of companies that deal exclusively with the US govt are doing fine, but it doesn't seem like they'd draw the best talent or become the biggest companies. If that's OpenAI's fate, I'm okay with it.

I canceled my sub a while back and figured hey - worst case, I saved some money (since I subscribe to multiple AI services). Regardless, casting your one vote with your money is important.

I guess what frustrates me is how much people seem to have amnesia with anything involving tech. In a week or two this will fade from the collective consciousness, and OpenAI will be unaffected and they'll release new features and people will start subscribing again.

I mean, look at all the reputational damage that has happened with Microsoft and Google throughout the years; it's so common that it's basically ignored now.

I was on the fence before last week happened, but that really sealed it for me.

I'm glad I was able to export all my data, but they made me wait 24 hours nearly-on-the-dot to get it.

Wonder how many folks didn't bother waiting.

I'm not saying they're going to blow up next month, but OpenAI is substantially overleveraged on being a "wave of the future" company where all the smartest people want to work and all the best other companies want to do business with. I don't think a world where they become Palantir 2 can support their current capital expenditures.

Maybe they could try and rebrand as a "lifestyle brand" like Palantir has been. https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-wants-to-be-a-lifestyle...

Same here. And unfortunately I agree.