OP made the "electricity" analogy, and that's really all people want. I want to plug something into the wall and have it work. I don't want to have to worry that my electric company is going to rug-pull me because I plugged the wrong appliance in, or I didn't agree to some TOS, or I used the electricity to run grow lights for my pot farm, or this or that or the other.

The analogy is apt because I feel this is exactly what keeps Anthropic and OpenAI's owners up at night -- becoming the utility company the People want them to be. Ironically their behavior may accelerate their fears. After a false alarm of almost having my ChatGPT account terminated for cybersecurity abuse and appeals auto-denied twice (I did nothing even close to hacking), I have started doing everything I can to decrease switching costs and thus the bargaining power of the suppliers.

Basically I want most companies to be selling basic, reliable commodities. I don't want their stupid value-add or lock-in. I don't want my electric company to sell me "MyElectric+, a subscription service that lets me (and them) enable and disable my appliances from the cloud and share my meter readings with friends." Just get the "electricity" part right, and I'm good. I don't want my water company to sell me "MyWater+, a subscription service that lets me (and them) flavor and carbonate my water with an advanced cloud service that...blah...blah...blah..." Just stop! Fire all your idea guys and just supply the base product. Hell, I'd be happy with a phone that no apps pre-installed. Look at phones today, so much built-in uninstallable crapware that it would make Gateway in the 90's jealous.

People need to understand this took decades of regulation, lawsuits, and political action to make electricity as nice as it is.