I wouldn't be so sure. While I think the board handled this process terribly, I think the majority of mainstream media articles I saw were very cautionary regarding the outcome. Examples (and note the second article reports that Paul Graham fired Altman from YC, which I never knew before):
MarketWatch: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-openai-debacle-shows-s...
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/22/sam-alt...