Anthropic's moves have that classic "acting out" vibe. They successfully rode the wave and seized the leading momentum in AI coding from Cursor last year, but business has a harsh, immutable rule: projects that stir up unnecessary drama almost always get pulled back hard by the market itself. Take cursor's experience—around June last year, when they shifted from a flat subscription to usage-based pricing, they faced a massive backlash across the internet. The consensus was clear: AI coding users have zero loyalty. They'll switch instantly to whichever tool delivers the best price-performance ratio. The pattern holds: flashy, drama-driven projects rarely sustain explosive growth over the long term. For founders and teams, once you've built real leader momentum, the smartest move is to protect that inertia. Don't tinker with the core model unnecessarily. In short, the projects that become category-defining winners win with the unconventional and consolidate with the fundamentals.