Open AI is not Open
Productivity
browser extension
SHOW HN2023
241points
119comments
#205of 3,109 in 2023
Top 7%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
11 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Idea: 8 for, 9 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Funny and petty, people enjoy the joke
From 3 comments
I love the delightful pettiness. Bravo.
clnq on HNThis is awesome. Love this type of shitposting
enono on HNI feel off my chair laughing at this coz this is true as well
villgax on HN
Objections
OpenAI is a business and not truly open; extension is mostly shitposting
From 2 comments
I don't get it. Why would you use this extension when you already know that OpenAI is not OSS organization? Those who learn that fact in the Readme won't use it either. Looks…
enbugger on HNSince many people have issues with the word open, it's worth looking in the dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/open Because the word is applied to…
DeathArrow on HN
Requests
Bring the extension to Chromium
From 1 comment
> Firefox only. If someone wants to bring this to Chromium, go for it. You could probably get ChatGPT to do that.
yosito on HN
Questions
Is the browser extension itself open source?
From 1 comment
Is the browser extension open?
DeathArrow on HN