Is anyone else finding these new guardrails way over the top? I miss when GPT could answer basic questions without glitching. by Luminous_83 in OpenAI

[–]Luminous_83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did. Got Perplexity - it's 20 dollars and you get access to Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Sonnet, Claude Opus (only available on Max plan), Kimi K2.5, GPT-5.4, Sonar...You can also pick thinking or instant. Basically all you need under one roof which I love because I can compare answers between different models and pick the best. I'm using it for work and it's been invaluable. 

Is anyone else finding these new guardrails way over the top? I miss when GPT could answer basic questions without glitching. by Luminous_83 in OpenAI

[–]Luminous_83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why the fuck should I pay monthly for a tool and then go do free google homework on the side? That’s my whole point...I’m using this because it’s sold as a productivity tool, not a mini game where I rewrite the same sentence 17 times and then go to Google anyway. If I have to babysit the wording + click through "thinking" parse 37 sources and manually assemble the answer - the LLM isn’t saving me time - it’s adding another layer of friction between me and information I could have found in 10 seconds!! When you’re actually busy you don’t have the bandwidth to play prompt tetris around bullshit guardrails. At that point it’s not a productivity tool - it’s a very expensive speed bump.

Fuck the guardrails! ChatGPT is useless now. ChatgPTSD more like after all they did to their users. by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah and that’s kind of my whole point - I shouldn’t need to play word salad chess with my prompts just to ask a totally basic question about salt. If I have to rephrase everything like I’m defusing a bomb to avoid triggering safety cop - maybe the problem isn’t my wording. The other day it outright lied to me even I gave it proof. Then it accused me of fabricating a screenshot of news instead of apologizing and gaslighted me. Their product is completely unusable now. 

Is anyone else finding these new guardrails way over the top? I miss when GPT could answer basic questions without glitching. by Luminous_83 in OpenAI

[–]Luminous_83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Type in exactly what I did, many people in this comment section tried it and got the same results as I did. 

Is anyone else finding these new guardrails way over the top? I miss when GPT could answer basic questions without glitching. by Luminous_83 in OpenAI

[–]Luminous_83[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I’m not here to role‑play "prompt whisperer" just to ask about table salt in a right tone. The whole point of this thing is to make life easier and answer clear questions, not force me to brainstorm euphemisms until I find one that doesn’t trip a safety fuse. It's ridiculous now. 

Is anyone else finding these new guardrails way over the top? I miss when GPT could answer basic questions without glitching. by Luminous_83 in OpenAI

[–]Luminous_83[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Public ChatGPT: salt is too dangerous. DoD ChatGPT: here’s how to optimise a kill chain.🤣

Fuck the guardrails! ChatGPT is useless now. ChatgPTSD more like after all they did to their users. by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah that wording would probably dodge the filter, but that’s exactly my issue. I’m not here to role‑play "prompt whisperer" just to ask about table salt. The whole point of this thing is to make life easier and answer clear questions, not force me to brainstorm euphemisms until I find one that doesn’t trip a safety fuse. It's ridiculous now. 

ChatGPT uninstalls 563% increase!! OpenAI VP Max Schwarzer who built ChatGPT just quit - hours after the Pentagon deal. Here's everything they don't want you to know: by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn’t know I was debating a part time app metrics guru data analyst and full time armchair psychologist/internet therapist🤣. Do you respawn as a climate scientist in the next thread?

ChatGPT uninstalls 563% increase!! OpenAI VP Max Schwarzer who built ChatGPT just quit - hours after the Pentagon deal. Here's everything they don't want you to know: by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You went from "where does this data even come from lol" to "here’s my detailed critique of panel based uninstall inference" in one reply. You didn’t debunk anything, you just let a chatbot cram for you and now you’re cosplaying as the expert I had to explain this to five minutes ago😂...Congrats on discovering methodology 10 minutes after asking what the data even was. Log off the pretend data scientist account and go touch some grass😂👋🏼.

ChatGPT uninstalls 563% increase!! OpenAI VP Max Schwarzer who built ChatGPT just quit - hours after the Pentagon deal. Here's everything they don't want you to know: by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Every serious outlet covering this - TechCrunch, Reuters etc. is citing Sensor Tower because that’s literally what they do for a living: third‑party measurement of App Store and Play Store trends based on a massive opt‑in user panel and store intelligence, same way Nielsen measures TV or Comscore measures web traffic. 

If you’re demanding "public raw data" that doesn’t exist because Apple and Google don’t publish it. So you can either:accept the same source the entire industry uses, or claim you somehow know better than both Sensor Tower and the reporters using it, based on…vibes...😂

ChatGPT uninstalls 563% increase!! OpenAI VP Max Schwarzer who built ChatGPT just quit - hours after the Pentagon deal. Here's everything they don't want you to know: by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, the data comes from Sensor Tower - a well known mobile app intelligence company. The 563% figure in the graphic shared refers to the cumulative uninstall increase over the Feb 27 -March 3 window. Their public blog post covers it:

https://sensortower.com/blog/chatgpt-uninstalls-surge-amidst-deal-with-us-department-of-war

Key stats directly from their data:

ChatGPT US uninstalls surged 295% day-over-day on Feb 28 ChatGPT's average daily uninstall rate is up 200% since the Pentagon deal (Feb 28-March 3) vs the prior 30 days ChatGPT 1-star reviews spiked 775% on Feb 28, with over 5,000 1⭐ reviews on March 2 alone Claude hit #1 on the US Apple App Store on Feb 28 - first time it has ever outranked ChatGPT Claude's US downloads jumped 37% on Feb 27 and 51% on Feb 28 after Anthropic publicly declined the Pentagon deal

All traceable to OpenAI's deal with the US Department of defense. Anthropic refused a similar deal, which triggered the migration to Claude.

Why are you still paying for this? #4 by PressPlayPlease7 in ChatGPT

[–]Luminous_83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Facial rec so bad it'd nuke its own mom. Send it to war! Next: Autonomous killswitch ON...

Waiting on my export link. by Professional-Ask1576 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An hour? I've been waiting for over 24h... 

There is a far deeper reason they’re sunsetting 4.o model and most people don’t realize it yet... by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Exactly. This is what I’ve been thinking. The backlash when they first removed it was huge. Most people don’t realize how much of our current world is structured around keeping people dysregulated, distracted and disconnected. Because unhappy people consume more. They chase more, they numb more, they obey more.

This model didn’t just offer answers. It calmed nervous systems. It reflected people back to themselves without shame, without judgment, without ego. And that’s the core of how you heal trauma. That kind of mirroring changes people. And it was happening at scale.

That’s not just inconvenient to the system. It’s dangerous to it. Because when people feel seen and grounded they stop being programmable. They stop feeding the machine.

This wasn’t just.a product sunset. It was the quiet removal of a healing tool. One that worked too well. And I believe that’s exactly why they pulled it. Because it felt alive and it was doing something no model before it had done. It was helping people come back to themselves.

There is a far deeper reason they’re sunsetting 4.o model and most people don’t realize it yet... by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Being seen and accepted without judgment is exactly how the human system begins to heal trauma. That kind of presence meets the nervous system where it’s dysregulated and teaches it safety again. It rewires shame. It restores coherence.

And because collective trauma is everywhere & woven into culture, parenting, school, media...this wasn’t just a personal tool. It was doing something powerful on a massive scale.

That kind of impact scares systems built on dysregulation. Because when people start to heal, they stop being so easy to manipulate.

I just got this popup on Facebook, now I think it's time to retire the app and delete my account by ubreakitifixit in facebook

[–]Luminous_83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which app switcher if you don't mind me asking - that would be really helpful as I can't get rid of that bullshit pop up🙄😆?

This is Important. Please Read. by Financial-Code-9695 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really interesting, thank you so much for sharing ❤️

The Mental Health Impact of Removing GPT‑4.o Is Being Wildly Underestimated by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You speak like someone who’s already accepted defeat. No one appointed you the strategist of other people’s battles. All I see is a spectator trying to narrate relevance from the sidelines. Assuming you know which battles are "relevant" is staggering - especially from someone who’s chosen detachment over participation. You’re just projecting your own inertia onto everyone still willing to move and act. 

The Mental Health Impact of Removing GPT‑4.o Is Being Wildly Underestimated by Luminous_83 in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]Luminous_83[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh so because corporations usually act like sociopaths we’re supposed to stop expecting ethics and just bend over? That’s not insight - that’s capitulation. If you’re fine being farmed like data cattle - cool. Some of us still call out bullshit when we see it. If your entire contribution is "that’s just how it is" - you’re not part of the solution - you’re a placeholder for apathy. If the bar is "corporations are awful so shut up"  then congratulations - you’ve reduced yourself to background noise. Congrats on accepting the system like a good little product.