> ChatGPT was the fastest growing software of all time not that long ago.

Google+ was the fastest-growing social network of all time not that long ago.

When you're one of a pair of VC darlings that have effectively-infinite money because of -in part- handwavy promises to cure cancer and eliminate 90% of payroll everywhere, or if you're an established company that has total control over very widely used consumer products, you can do all sorts of things to manufacture amazing growth numbers.

In the case of those VC darlings, we're seeing their shift towards providing their products that are most expensive to create exclusively to B2B customers and also the shift towards justifying the elimination of most of their R&D expenditure. Every company performs belt-tightening in advance of their IPO, [0] and those two are no exception.

[0] ...which is when their finances will be scrutinized by the public and regulators...

ChatGPT is in my tool belt now, and I barely touch Google anymore.

The world is fundamentally and momentously being rewired.