Competition and Open models will keep AI providers more honest - Google and Amazon are monopolies so they can enshittify and users have no recourse.

I'd believe that if this article wasn't an obvious counter example to this.

People go where the mindshare is. It doesn't matter if its ad-ridden drivel and slop, it just needs to be popular.

The number of people who use OpenAI's products because "ai == chatgtp [sic]" in their minds is immense. Just like how to a ton of people, "online shopping == amazon".

I'm not arguing Amazon or OpenAI will always have this role, but while they have that the benefits of this position is immense.