The thing is,the most profitable businesses are often the boring ones. Unlike online businesses, the competition they face is decreasing daily as everyone chases after some glamorous business where they can work from the beach.
There is no way that climbing the stairs to the 10th floor will be as fast as climbing to the 1st or 8th floor, let alone the 10th floor. The same applies to working hours. There's no way you'll be as productive in the 10th hour as you were in your first hour.
People tend to support David against Goliath. I've never been there, and I had no idea what was happening. All the information I have (and most of what you have) is propaganda, from both sides.
Why would OpenAI employees want to jump ship to Microsoft, especially when Microsoft's been slashing jobs and freezing pay? Doesn't really add up for me.