So LLM provider want to become all-encompasing app/data suite providers. But really this would just shift your data/money from one paid walled garden (Google/Micro$/Adope) into another: so only a lateral move.

The better solution would be a uniform 'App Suite of the commons' (open-source) with a plugable/switchable data and inference providers.

"better" as in better for the customer, not better for Anthropic :)

Reality is, the crazy valuation given to frontier labs will push them to capture more of the value chain, to make it harder for customers to switch models. Having a best-in-class model is not defensible, long term.