People are switching from OpenAI to Claude following Sam Altman's announcement today.
TL;DR: Anthropic refused to sign a contract with the Pentagon that would have allowed the U.S. military to use all of its models without restrictions. Anthropic insisted on an exception, and brace yourself, that its models cannot be used: 1) for mass surveillance of citizens, 2) for autonomous killing. Now the administration is threatening that if the founder of Anthropic doesn't change his mind by a certain date, they will come after him.
Google, OpenAI, and Musk (Grok) have all signed the contract.
Following Sam Altman's announcement over the past few hours, people have been speaking out massively about cancelling their OpenAI subscriptions and subscribing to Claude.
What stance do you take toward big tech companies after this?
Are you staying loyal to ChatGPT, or are you switching to Claude?
BTW, one of the users on Reddit proclaimed about Claude:
"Claude needs time to warm up to you. It's strange, but somehow that's just how it works with Claude. It's the most human-adjacent AI I've ever used." I am switching too.
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My Texas Method
Claude is the #1 free app on the App Store in the US and Canada.
I took screenshots of the App Store's Top Free Apps ranking across 7 countries at the exact same time (March 1, 2026, 09:00 UTC) to compare AI app adoption.
The results:
- US: #1
- Canada: #1
- France: #3
- Germany: #3
- UK: #4
- Italy: #8
- Japan: #22
AI adoption varies significantly across developed nations. English-speaking countries lead, Western Europe follows closely, and Japan — one of the most tech-advanced nations — tells a completely different story.
Mar 2 22:00 UTC: France and Germany both hit #1! Japan climbing steadily from #22 → #14 → #10. The world is catching on.
Mar 3 22:00 UTC: UK climbed to #3, Italy to #4. Japan holding at #10. All countries showing positive total change.
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@daisuke_adachi Europe should try more to make it no1.
My Texas Method
@busmark_w_nika Agreed! As of 13 hours later, Claude climbed to #2 in Germany and #5 in Italy. Japan jumped from #22 to #14 too. It's moving fast.
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@daisuke_adachi We should need one more faux pas from OpenAI, Grok or any other company to make Anthropic the most popular. 😅
My Texas Method
@busmark_w_nika Anthropic, like Apple, has strong intrinsic value — and I believe that is what will ultimately take it to the top. Think Different!
My full support to Claude and Anthropic. The company makes amazing product and it helps me so much.
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@d_tronin Claude for the win!
Props to Anthropic for standing their ground. I mean, they are being punished by the government for not agreeing to unethical AI use. Don't get me wrong, I love AI, but we're at the start of this new technology and it's already being misused. Mark my words, if we continue doing things like this, the consequences will be bad!
It's funny how @OpenAI claims to have the same exceptions as @Claude by Anthropic and having got the deal. That's what doesn't sit just right with me.
Also it's even funnier how we as humans always have the tendency to make things mutually exclusive (either this or that).
I have been a power user of claude, but since past 2 days, their uptime has been a major concern, now this sparks questions around entire infra being built on top of them...
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@girik_7 (IMO, any of these companies are the best) It is just business. If they reject one "bad" offer, they will fall for something else :D
Switched to Claude a while ago and never looked back. It's not just about ethics - Claude genuinely feels different to work with. More thoughtful, more collaborative.
That "human-adjacent" description is spot on - it really does feel like working with someone, not just prompting a tool.
The Anthropic stance just confirms I made the right choice. Now let's just hope no one launches missiles at their servers 🙃
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@virtualviki Do you also have a pro version? I am really considering supporting them tho I have a different tool prepaid. Just to show some sympathy.
@busmark_w_nika Yes, I have Pro! Honestly worth it - the longer context and priority access make a real difference when you're in the middle of building something.
And yeah, after today's news it feels even better to support them.
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@virtualviki Today I read that almost 70% of the OpenAI research team quit. This is a very interesting twist. 🍿👀
@busmark_w_nika Wild times! From what I see, researchers leaving over concerns about OpenAI prioritizing ChatGPT growth over safety research, plus the ads in ChatGPT controversy.
One economist even wrote in his farewell that the research team became a "propaganda arm"
70% sounds dramatic but the brain drain is definitely real 😬
Dinosave
Been heavy claude user so welcome all claudenewbies onboard 🫡
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@baseddesigner claudenewbie here. 👋
I deleted OpenAI and the market spoke. There was almost 300% surge on uninstalls.
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@norteapp I can confirm that now, I control myself not to type ChatGPT into the browser but Claude instead :)
The interesting thing is how quickly people “switch” when using AI tools directly, but for teams building products on top of these models it’s rarely that simple. Changing providers usually means dealing with different model behaviors, pricing structures, rate limits, and reliability patterns.
This is why a lot of teams eventually start thinking in terms of multi-model setups instead of loyalty to a single provider.
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@pashupathi for sure, because everybody in the team has different preferences and also different setup for work. That's why I like being solo lately :D
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@outofelement replacing – yes, but atm, Amodei received a huge support!
Just commented this on on Claude Import Memory but felt it was relevant here too.
Wild how AI models have basically developed political reputations at this point and now have actual fanbases because of it. Fascinating direction for this industry.
I've been preferring Claude lately, feels like it's pulling ahead, but I'm sure it'll keep swinging back and forth. Perplexity is looking really solid too.