Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX

Post by the_real_cher » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC

skeledrew wrote: post #19

> We are making this choice because we cannot be confident that SpaceX will use our technology within our terms of service, based on our experience with Elon Musk's companies violating contracts. > After Musk acquired Twitter, now part of SpaceX, the company broke (opens in a new window) the terms of our contract (alongside many others). I have never seen one large company throw another large company under the bus wi…

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC

bentt wrote: post #7

While this isn't great for users it seems like a pretty standard circling of the wagons in preparation for the next phase in the battle for frontier AI dominance. Ironically, as a Cursor and Claude subscriber, but not an OpenAI subscriber, this will push me back to Anthropic. I don't feel good about giving OpenAI money directly, but I've found switching to GPT 5.6 Sol now and again in Cursor to be useful. Now I'll pr…

Post by bix6 » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 2:54 AM UTC

Post by alphabettsy » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC

noodletheworld wrote: post #15

Days until cursor announces open models… 3, 2, 1… Seriously though, when the api providers start blacklisting cursor and they’re forced to swap to open weight models… If that happens, what even is the difference between openrouter and cursor?

Post by skeledrew » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC

noodletheworld wrote: post #15

Days until cursor announces open models… 3, 2, 1… Seriously though, when the api providers start blacklisting cursor and they’re forced to swap to open weight models… If that happens, what even is the difference between openrouter and cursor?