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99% of users having no idea what "export chat history" means?

by auggierose 11mo ago

rglullis 11mo ago
How many of those will have no issue to learn what it is once the ads become too annoying?
- auggierose 11mo ago
  Very good question! 1% ?
  - rglullis 11mo ago
    You are vastly overestimating people's willingness to deal with bullshit, when the product does not have a real lock in. It would be incredibly easy to have a company offering their ChatGPT over WhatsApp or iMessage, and get people to start using it instead of an ad-ridden GPT app.
    - auggierose 11mo ago
      Maybe. But maybe you are vastly overestimating people's willingness to give a fuck, as long as they get what they came for. That is why ads rule.
chroma205 11mo ago
> 99% of users having no idea what "export chat history" means? Yet Google Chrome managed to make Safari/Edge irrelevant.
- auggierose 11mo ago
  Yeah, not because of browser history export/import, mate. I've never used that feature for any browser.
- ethmarks 11mo ago
  Not having used anything except for Firefox, I don't have any experience with migrating to different browsers. However, my understanding is that Chrome shows a little pop-up that lets you import from previous browsers rather than relying on the user to do a data export. Correct me if I'm wrong about this. I suspect that Claude couldn't make an "import from ChatGPT" button because OpenAI would make it difficult, so they'd have to rely on user initiative and technical capability (exporting to JSON and importing from JSON is enough technical friction that the average user won't bother).
  - immibis 11mo ago
    Facebook showed a little popup where you could enter your MySpace username and password and continuously import it. Or so I heard - I wasn't there.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
  Try telling your PM that you want to ignore Safari when you create your website with 60%+ of mobile users in the US using iPhones and globally your most affluent users are on iPhones. Even if they download Chrome for iOS, they are still using WebKit.

99% of users having no idea what "export chat history" means?

rglullis 11mo ago

How many of those will have no issue to learn what it is once the ads become too annoying?

auggierose 11mo ago
Very good question! 1% ?
- rglullis 11mo ago
  You are vastly overestimating people's willingness to deal with bullshit, when the product does not have a real lock in. It would be incredibly easy to have a company offering their ChatGPT over WhatsApp or iMessage, and get people to start using it instead of an ad-ridden GPT app.
  - auggierose 11mo ago
    Maybe. But maybe you are vastly overestimating people's willingness to give a fuck, as long as they get what they came for. That is why ads rule.

chroma205 11mo ago

> 99% of users having no idea what "export chat history" means? Yet Google Chrome managed to make Safari/Edge irrelevant.

auggierose 11mo ago
Yeah, not because of browser history export/import, mate. I've never used that feature for any browser.
ethmarks 11mo ago
Not having used anything except for Firefox, I don't have any experience with migrating to different browsers. However, my understanding is that Chrome shows a little pop-up that lets you import from previous browsers rather than relying on the user to do a data export. Correct me if I'm wrong about this. I suspect that Claude couldn't make an "import from ChatGPT" button because OpenAI would make it difficult, so they'd have to rely on user initiative and technical capability (exporting to JSON and importing from JSON is enough technical friction that the average user won't bother).
- immibis 11mo ago
  Facebook showed a little popup where you could enter your MySpace username and password and continuously import it. Or so I heard - I wasn't there.
raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
Try telling your PM that you want to ignore Safari when you create your website with 60%+ of mobile users in the US using iPhones and globally your most affluent users are on iPhones. Even if they download Chrome for iOS, they are still using WebKit.