I do think OpenAI's brand is dumpstered.
Among developers on HN, perhaps, but their goal is to soon replace developers altogether so from their perspective it's simple cost-benefit
The way OpenAI and Anthropic are positioned in public discourse always reminded me of the Uber vs Lyft saga … Uber temporarily lost double digit marketshare in the US during a viral boycott over their perceived support of the Trump 1.0 admin. Heads did roll at the exec/founder level but eventually the company recovered.
Optimistic. My money is on everyone forgetting about this by next week.