For me, their commitment to hire people working on generative AI while dropping a bunch of smaller projects is the biggest red flag.

A lot of users are also upset about their efforts to create privacy respecting ads. The counterargument being that we don’t want ads at all.

They seem to be making increasingly corporate decisions, or at least that’s the fear of critics. Some people previously close to the organization has spoken out against it.

I’m sure there are a lot of people on here better suited than me at giving a summary.