I’d like to think we’ll be looking back on this time in astonishment, but we also went through similar things with Facebook and billions of people still use their services.

I’m not too surprised that Altman apologized, because there have been multiple reports saying that he will say the right words to anyone to appease them, even if it means he ends up telling different people entirely contradictory things. Though I agree he probably miscalculated here, and the apology is what enabled the new lawsuits.

What bugs me the most is that he’s probably going to settle all the lawsuits out of court for some amount of money that is large for the families but insignificant for the company, and he won’t actually be held accountable, especially if the chat logs are never released.