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I do think OpenAI's brand is dumpstered.

by AmericanOP 7mo ago

thunky 7mo ago
Optimistic. My money is on everyone forgetting about this by next week.
- yoyohello13 7mo ago
  Yeah just wait until the next model comes out. People will be riding Sam’s dick again in no time.
  - doodlebugging 7mo ago
    I'm sure his sister will appreciate others lining up so he leaves her alone forever.
- cube00 7mo ago
  It will be interesting to see if this permeates out into the general public who already use ChatGPT or maybe it won't since it doesn't mention ChatGPT which is the stronger known brand rather then OpenAI.
  - davidw 7mo ago
    More and more of the press is owned by oligarchs who are putting their thumbs on the scales, so that could be a factor.
- actionfromafar 7mo ago
  Yeah, myself I use ChatGPT, not OpenAI!
- Analemma_ 7mo ago
  It depends. Normies don't care, but a bunch of them are free tier users anyway. The people who care are disproportionately on the $200/month moneymaking plan; losing a bunch of them could hurt, especially if it snowballs the consensus that Claude Code is the serious choice for software engineering. For one small data point, my Signal GC of software buddies had four people switch their subscriptions from Codex to Claude Max last night.
  - BLKNSLVR 7mo ago
    How many $200/month does the US government cover though? I'd say probably a lot. Especially with how much extra the DoD will pay to get OpenAI to cross it's "red lines" - on day two.
- deepsquirrelnet 7mo ago
  That’s why I unsubbed today! Otherwise I might forget.
303space 7mo ago
The way OpenAI and Anthropic are positioned in public discourse always reminded me of the Uber vs Lyft saga … Uber temporarily lost double digit marketshare in the US during a viral boycott over their perceived support of the Trump 1.0 admin. Heads did roll at the exec/founder level but eventually the company recovered.
- jellyroll42 7mo ago
  unfortunately I think that's probably a good analogy
djeastm 7mo ago
Among developers on HN, perhaps, but their goal is to soon replace developers altogether so from their perspective it's simple cost-benefit

I do think OpenAI's brand is dumpstered.

thunky 7mo ago

Optimistic. My money is on everyone forgetting about this by next week.

yoyohello13 7mo ago
Yeah just wait until the next model comes out. People will be riding Sam’s dick again in no time.
- doodlebugging 7mo ago
  I'm sure his sister will appreciate others lining up so he leaves her alone forever.
cube00 7mo ago
It will be interesting to see if this permeates out into the general public who already use ChatGPT or maybe it won't since it doesn't mention ChatGPT which is the stronger known brand rather then OpenAI.
- davidw 7mo ago
  More and more of the press is owned by oligarchs who are putting their thumbs on the scales, so that could be a factor.
actionfromafar 7mo ago
Yeah, myself I use ChatGPT, not OpenAI!
Analemma_ 7mo ago
It depends. Normies don't care, but a bunch of them are free tier users anyway. The people who care are disproportionately on the $200/month moneymaking plan; losing a bunch of them could hurt, especially if it snowballs the consensus that Claude Code is the serious choice for software engineering. For one small data point, my Signal GC of software buddies had four people switch their subscriptions from Codex to Claude Max last night.
- BLKNSLVR 7mo ago
  How many $200/month does the US government cover though? I'd say probably a lot. Especially with how much extra the DoD will pay to get OpenAI to cross it's "red lines" - on day two.
deepsquirrelnet 7mo ago
That’s why I unsubbed today! Otherwise I might forget.

303space 7mo ago

The way OpenAI and Anthropic are positioned in public discourse always reminded me of the Uber vs Lyft saga … Uber temporarily lost double digit marketshare in the US during a viral boycott over their perceived support of the Trump 1.0 admin. Heads did roll at the exec/founder level but eventually the company recovered.

jellyroll42 7mo ago
unfortunately I think that's probably a good analogy

djeastm 7mo ago

Among developers on HN, perhaps, but their goal is to soon replace developers altogether so from their perspective it's simple cost-benefit