title: "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes big after OpenAI's latest move
author: u/gdelacalle
contenttype: redditpost
publication: r/technology
published: 2026-02-28T17:18:52+00:00
sourceurl: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1rh882s/cancelchatgptmovementgoesbigafter_openais/
word_count: 455
Link: https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/cancel-chatgpt-movement-goes-mainstream-after-openai-closes-deal-with-u-s-department-of-war-as-anthropic-refuses-to-surveil-american-citizens
Score: 73537 | Comments: 2411 | Subreddit: r/technology
Top Comments
u/phylter99 (6848 pts):
Everybody should remember that this is why the free press is important. We'd never know about the deals going on behind the scenes without them.
u/9ersaur (7222 pts):
Fastest uninstall of my life
u/Optimoprimo (3405 pts):
Resist and Unsubscribe
u/neuronexmachina (1063 pts):
To preempt the folks who'll inevitably claim that OpenAI's contract has safety/surveillance limitations:
In a post on X, Altman claimed that OpenAI's models would not be used for mass surveillance, but that claim was immediately contradicted by a U.S. government official, who said that OpenAI's models would be used for "all lawful means." Mass surveillance of American citizens is lawful in "some scenarios" as part of the post-9/11 U.S. Patriot Act, which permits mass harvesting of communications meta data, even if some aspects of it have been curtailed in recent years.
u/JaynAlexndr (256 pts):
Also turn off the ChatGPT extension in Apple Intelligence & Siri settings #cancelchatgpt
u/Mr_strelac (1857 pts):
I can understand them in a way... they have problems with profit and they need money.
... and on the other hand I can't understand them..this is how they lose their reputation and create problems for themselves, which again when you're not good with money, won't help
u/Naznac (132 pts):
Just waiting for my data export before I cancel and delete, and it's taking a while for the download email so I'm guessing I'm not the only one
u/Oscillating_Primate (568 pts):
Deleted my account last night
u/timify10 (374 pts):
I'm done with OpenAI. Corporate greed and pandering to DT will be remarked in history
u/sweetbeard (149 pts):
Too late. “The Department of War” has everything you’ve ever said to your “therapist”
u/Due-Adhesiveness-744 (49 pts):
Anthropic was designated a supply chain risk this week, and summarily and forcibly banned from use in U.S. governmental agencies. Why? Anthropic said in a blog post it revolved around their two major red lines — no Claude AI for use in autonomous weapons, or mass surveillance of United States citizens.
So, the US government is publicly announcing they intend to use AI for mass surveillance and autonomous weapon strikes?
Hmm....so....shocked.
u/ThisCircus (247 pts):
I actually canceled mine - waiting for my data export then will be deleting. Fuck um.
u/gdelacalle (275 pts):
It’s worthy to note that in the last round of investors they have pulled 110b$.
u/gotnotendies (99 pts):
This will be the world’s first trillion dollar bailout
u/accountfornorm (279 pts):
They are done.
Their reputation is in the gutter. The only time you can risk that is when you have a monopoly on the market. They dont. Gemini, Anthropic, are much better options anyways. They can do what chatgpt can do and much more much better. The only thing chatgpt had going on for itself was first movers advantage and reputation. People considered AI synonymous with chatgpt. Thats gone.
I uninstalled it, even when i wasnt paying for it. Many ppl will do the same and they wouldnt lose anything. They ll get same or better service from other places.
u/legendary-spectacle (40 pts):
I dumped them last night. You should too.
u/QuailBrave49 (130 pts):
NVIDIA will bail them out in case they go broke, lol
u/coreyjdl (30 pts):
Y'all are paying for chatgpt?
u/YallaHammer (12 pts):
I did after Sam Altman’s recent remarks + the obvious ethical superiority of Anthropic. Claude Code is outstanding, been a real game changer for my team.
u/Orangesteel (53 pts):
They’ve just secured the biggest ever funding round, they are sadly going to be around for a while.
u/UselessInsight (174 pts):
I can’t cancel ChatGPT.
Mostly because I never started using it and I despise AI in general.
u/maddietendo (86 pts):
I cancelled my membership and went Claude. For my use case, there's really no difference in output quality. Will it change anything? Probably not. But at least I tried.
u/Fit-Bite692 (45 pts):
I canceled my OpenAI subscription and moved to Claude. I think it's the only answer we all have to give.
u/-113points (9 pts):
yeah, fuck them
u/aZealCo (24 pts):
Of all the hate about AI I have seen here, it is wild how many people here are claiming they were paying for it up until this point and just now this was the final straw. Like, really?
u/UnhingedGammaWarrior (85 pts):
Don’t just switch, stop using AI
u/Makapakamoo (7 pts):
It would make my day to see people actually stop using AI. Both my pharmacists have chatgpt on their phones like bro what are yall asking it that you can't google..
u/kurisu7885 (5 pts):
What was their latest move?
u/MyAccountWasBanned7 (18 pts):
How about canceling all AI?
u/eggpoowee (39 pts):
Cancel them all
Not just cancel the most popular one to make it more beneficial for the competition
u/amonra2009 (10 pts):
I already canceled last week when CEO said Humans are a waste of resources
u/cagelight (5 pts):
Not surprising at all, it's always been pretty obvious that Sam Altman is almost Peter Thiel levels of comically evil and devoid of any human emotions whatsoever
u/friend4life-01 (5 pts):
Gemini is better anyways.
u/ennsea (7 pts):
Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon… all funded Trump and all of these billionaires are in bed with him… but yeah, let’s just focus on OpenAI. That’s just the latest. Even Reddit has been surrendering your data. So if you’re going to stop using Chat GPT, you should probably also stop using anything from any big American tech companies….
oh, and then there’s Musk and TikTok. The worst two…..
u/SludgyStout (5 pts):
Not only cancel if you have a subscription, but DELETE your account.
u/Dunge (35 pts):
Cancel all AI
u/Jay__Riemenschneider (31 pts):
Crazy how many of you actually use AI so much
u/Bearded_Pip (16 pts):
Cancel all your AI accounts!