Nope, I'll still buy Claude because the overall XP is better than Kimi and Qwen who literally copied basic harnesses to make kimi-cli and qwen-cli, respectively.
Also, you can tell if a model is genuinely powerful and well-thought-out vs a model that acts like it.
It's like Apple vs Xiaomi/Huawei. Sure, you can get a Huawei with bells and whistles, but most people learnt the hard way that those companies just copy the iPhone, so might as well get the real deal.
As somebody who bought an iPhone the day it became available and has been using iPhones for years, my favorite phone I've ever owned is my Huawei Mate XT Ultimate.
People keep pretending that Chinese companies only make second-class copies of American products until it's too late.
To be fair, the flagship Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo etc are comparable in price to other flagship devices. You very much pay a premium for the large camera sensors they put in these devices, amongst other things.
Also, you can tell if a model is genuinely powerful and well-thought-out vs a model that acts like it.
It's like Apple vs Xiaomi/Huawei. Sure, you can get a Huawei with bells and whistles, but most people learnt the hard way that those companies just copy the iPhone, so might as well get the real deal.