MY TAKE: ChatGPT is turning into Microsoft Office — and power users are paying the price

A journalist and daily ChatGPT power user argues that ChatGPT has drifted toward enterprise-friendly, sanitized language since GPT-5, mirroring how Microsoft Office became dominant but creatively neutered. The author cites widespread user complaints, Sam Altman's own acknowledgment of writing quality regression, and the fact that enterprise accounts now represent ~80% of OpenAI's revenue as the root cause. Having switched to Claude for voice-sensitive writing work, the author notes Claude's 40% user growth in H2 2025 but warns the same economic pressures are already building at Anthropic. The piece closes by arguing that generative AI's broader scope makes enterprise capture a more consequential problem than Microsoft's Office monopoly, since millions have already experienced these tools at full capability.