Hit Them Where It Hurts
OpenAI is the primary tenant of the Stargate project that is reshaping Abilene. Without their demand, the buildout does not exist. The fastest way to make corporate executives feel a decision in their bones is to make them feel it in revenue. There is already a national movement doing exactly that and it is working.
QuitGPT is a grassroots boycott of ChatGPT and OpenAI products launched in February 2026. According to MIT Technology Review and Tom's Guide, over 700,000 people pledged to cancel their ChatGPT Plus subscriptions in the first weeks alone. ChatGPT app uninstalls surged 295 percent in a single weekend. The campaign was driven by OpenAI president Greg Brockman's $25 million donation to MAGA Inc., OpenAI's Pentagon contract, and the company's lobbying for unregulated data center expansion that prices ratepayers out of their own electricity. Sound familiar? Learn more and sign on at quitgpt.org.
If you pay for ChatGPT Plus, cancel it today. Settings → Account → Manage Subscription → Cancel. If you subscribed through the Apple or Google Play store, cancel through that store instead. Pulled subscriptions hit OpenAI directly in their revenue line.
Free tier ChatGPT still counts as active users, which feeds OpenAI's valuation. Delete the mobile app. Stop visiting chatgpt.com. App store uninstall numbers are public and they get reported in tech press, which puts pressure on the board.
If you actually need an AI tool, switch. Anthropic's Claude publicly refused the Pentagon's request for unrestricted access in 2026 and is widely considered the leading ethical alternative. Google Gemini, DeepSeek, and open source local models are all options. Avoid Grok by Musk's xAI.
Cancellation only works when it is loud. Post that you canceled. Tag the company. Tell your friends, your coworkers, your family. The campaign succeeds when individual choices become a public movement.
If your employer pays for OpenAI's enterprise products, raise it as a concern. The QuitGPT campaign specifically asks workers to push their companies to drop OpenAI contracts. Enterprise revenue is where the real money lives.
Most people boycotting OpenAI nationally have no idea Abilene exists. Tell them. Share what Stargate is doing to housing, the grid, and our air. The national movement gets stronger when it has a local face. Abilene can be that face.