I feel.the opposite. O1 preview is really good and Gemini Premium (which I used 3 Months ago) feels like a GPT3 Turbo with Internet Access.. even offline Llama3 is better! (Subjective Obviously, what do I know)
What I am surprised about is, how united the different political views are in that regard (for now).
Let's see how big money carves out some loyalist political pawns from the MAGA crowd by mental gymnastics (something something bootstraps). Listen closely to the Fox-News Spin on this story.
No power, No heat, No Medicine, No Disaster Relief,... No government.
I smell the business opportunity for some private semi military unit which evacuates or rescues insured people... wait, that's trauma team from cyberpunk.
I think this case is closely watched by the elites who it may concern. Especially the social reaction. I am waiting for them to spin it like "Communist Dictatorship Vietnam" in conservative media (if it gains mainstream traction).
Tyler Frye... an name to remember. None of us!