We were thinking about it while writing it. I think one thing at least open source harnesses can do is push back on using some of these conveniences from the providers. For instance the moment we start compromising on the idea of portable sessions, then there will be less pressure (For instance people asked for OpenAI server side compaction or built-in native web_search support).

The real thing that will take this alive though is people pushing back a bit against some of these newfangled APIs. Now that there is real competition from the new generation of Chinese models which have much fewer of those restrictions, I think there might be a moment.

Ouch, seems a bit harsh. They are building something, and with their track record we can be hopeful.