I don't think Pagecord fucked it up

I don't know Olly well. We have never met or even spoke to each another, but we corresponded a few times over the past year and half, and he offered a small discount to the subscribers of my news organization in Brazil, Nucleo (I don't think it was ever used). I have no skin in the game here, but I reckon I could speak my mind.After reading from bloggers I respect about the controversy with Olly, Pagecord and how people are displeased with him using AI and paying for Grok, I gotta say: it all seems a bit too much. I kept looking for something Olly said or done that warrants people really pushing against him and Pagecord, only to find that he just said and did stuff people enthusiastically disagreed with. I have to say, I disagree with some positions Olly has stated. And yes, I strongly believe he should have been more transparent about his use of AI, especially for a community so mindful about this topic and so worried about AI's bad impacts on society.I often I agree with people on…