[pella]

> "For me personally, I have decided I will never be an Anthropic customer, because I refuse to do business with a company that takes its customers for granted."

The best pressure on companies comes from viable alternatives, not from boycotts that leave you without tools altogether.

[nicce]

The context is here that Anthropic tried to suppress alternatives. Boycott works here because there are alternatives, like writer addressed.

[pella]

If "never" means never, you are not leverage, you are just gone.

[nicce]

"Just gone" is the biggest leverage against business? Note that boycott is usually conditional. If they change things, the customer might come back.

[pella]

If "never" means never ...