The "Backlash" he is referring to is people canceling their OpenAI accounts and going to Claude. And by "Painful" he means less money. - Professional CEO Sam Speak Interpreter
I mean, I guess. It's not like they're profitable yet are they? At least not at the consumer level as far as I am aware. Me canceling my subscription might have saved them money.
Honestly I think these tech billionaires are very thin-skinned and they don't like people saying mean things about them, and I think a lot of them are completely unable to reconcile this simple fact: when you're a billionaire, you don't fucking get to have a normal life.
You didn't have to get billions of dollars of wealth. If you get into a situation like that, then yes your actions are going to be scrutinized more than a nobody like me. People are going to call you an asshole when you do asshole things more than when some random nobody does something assholey. You chose to be popular and powerful; if you don't like that then there's no law saying you can't get a regular 9-5 job like the rest of us.
