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> ...the financial fallout from losing the government contracts will pale in comparison to the goodwill from consumers. In fact, a friend heard about this and

> ...the financial fallout from losing the government contracts will pale in comparison to the goodwill from consumers. In fact, a friend heard about this and immediately signed up for a $200/year Claude Pro plan. This is someone who has been only a very occasional user of ChatGPT and never used Claude before. I told my friend "You could just sign up for the free plan and upgrade after you try it out." "No, I want to send them this tangible message of support right now!"

layer8 8mo ago
Still, you’d need a million people to do that to compensate the $200M military contract.
- Tepix 8mo ago
  Does the military pay $200m per month?
  - layer8 8mo ago
    As the parent stated, the Claude Pro plan is $200 per year, not per month.
    - Tepix 8mo ago
      Gotcha, mixed it up with the Max plan.
    - pineaux 8mo ago
      Is the government contract 200m per year? Or for a longer period?
- blurbleblurble 8mo ago
  Not all that many people
- AznHisoka 8mo ago
  As an aside, there are probably lots of companies that serve the government seriously considering cutting the government as a customer. Simply because the money/efficienct they will lose from cutting Claude will surpass the revenue they get from the gov
- pcthrowaway 7mo ago
  I don't think it's easy to compare how this might affect their bottom line. Anthropic may gain customers, but OpenAI may lose customers also (or they may even gain customers). Maybe OpenAI also has to pay their employees more now for "moral flexibility". Or maybe right-wing devs are more inclined to work there, I don't know.
yencabulator 7mo ago
I'm seeing a lot of "QuitGPT" posts. It seems your friend has friends.