The percentage of HN users defending Altman has dropped massively since the board scandal ~6 months ago.
>consumers will continue using GPT, businesses will keep hyping it up
Customers will use the best model. If OpenAI loses investors and talent, their models may not be in the lead.
IMO the best approach is to build your app so it's agnostic to the choice of model, and take corporate ethics into consideration when choosing a model, in addition to performance.