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Claude is absolutely incredible. And I don’t trust openAI or Microsoft so it’s nice to have an alternative.

Amazon famously more trustworthy

Google also invested $2B into Anthrophic. Seems like both Google and Amazon are providing credits for their cloud, also as a hedge against Microsoft / OpenAI becoming too big.

If I have to chose between Amazon and Microsoft I’ll chose the lesser evil. Microsoft owns the entire stack from OS to server to language to source control. Anything to weaken their hold is a win in my book.

> chose between Amazon and Microsoft... the lesser evil

A hard question. If you focusing purely on tech, probably Microsoft. But overall evil in the world? With their union busting and abuse of workers, Amazon, I'd say.

I will start using Claude the day they stop asking me for my mobile number.

I can cross the street and get a new FREE SIM with a number from the shop. all i have to do is put some money on it to activate it, like $1 ...

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