Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman
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This article argues that people should cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions as part of a grassroots boycott called QuitGPT, which the author claims is one of the most significant consumer boycotts in recent history. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is losing billions of dollars and its CEO has admitted to product failures, according to the article. The author encourages Europeans to join the over one million people who have already cancelled their subscriptions to send a signal to Silicon Valley.
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Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley
First tracked: March 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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