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Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

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Re: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

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Post by smj-edison »

gylterud wrote: post #40
lukew3 wrote: post #4

I think their ads are better than chatgpt’s. I’ve seen them more recently encouraging people to “keep thinking” and use it to improve themselves

I did not realise there are ads for LLMs. Of course if I thought about it, I would conclude that there must be. But somehow the concept seems strange to me. What do they advertise? The LLM can do so many different things… I guess they are all “welcome! To the world of tomorrow!” Then again, I know nothing about ads these days. Last time I had any ad exposure was twenty years ago, when I lived at home with my parents.

I've previously seen some ads for Claude on YouTube, mainly following the style of a programmer influencer talking about it. But I'm more of a technical audience.

Though, I happened to be watching the Superbowl, and Anthropic was all in taking pot shots at OpenAI's recent decision to start incorperating ads. Very much addressed towards a general audience. Here's one of them for example: https://youtu.be/FBSam25u8O4

Re: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

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Post by gritspants »

iainctduncan wrote: post #36

The real story here is "how the hell did Dick's Sporting Goods get to #3 and how can I get me some of their magic dust?"

Well, apparently they give you some miniscule rewards points for meeting step or activity goals. I told my wife who was immediately intrigued. Pump out more apps that appeal to women.

Re: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

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Post by lkbm »

FatChauncy wrote: post #30
whyage wrote: post #6

Why is Dick's Sporting Goods in the top 3?

I’m not sure why everybody else likes it, but for me, the Move feature gives me 3 points per day for doing what I already do (10k steps, 3mi run, or 30 active minutes). It makes the $10 rewards flow in more quickly.

It's just $10 every ~3 months, right? Not nothing, and at no real cost, but surprising how much people care.

Re: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

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Post by dawnerd »

gritspants wrote: post #52
iainctduncan wrote: post #36

The real story here is "how the hell did Dick's Sporting Goods get to #3 and how can I get me some of their magic dust?"

Well, apparently they give you some miniscule rewards points for meeting step or activity goals. I told my wife who was immediately intrigued. Pump out more apps that appeal to women.

United healthcare does that too and it’s great because it’s just straight cash on a visa gift card. Like 1.25 a week for just doing your normal stuff and more for hitting other goals. Easy to rig too…

Re: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

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Post by dexterdog »

JLCarveth wrote: post #25
yesbut wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

no, it is because of the public perspection of Anthropic holding a principled stance against allowing their software to pull the trigger and kill humans. ChatGPT still has the bigger brand name recognition.

I guarantee you the people downloading these apps aren't thinking about that. They use what works best.

How would most people know what works best? Most people are only using one.

Re: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

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Post by surgical_fire »

verst wrote: post #28
ajaimk wrote: post #22

Considering App Store Ranking is based on recent volume, this just says that a lot of people download Claude over ChatGPT in the last 24-48 hours. This a nothing burger

I am one of the people who uninstalled ChatGPT and closed their account and installed Claude in the last 24 hours. I know plenty of others who did the same. I wonder whether this trend can be sustained.

I dislike OpenAI as much as anyone else, but I doubt this trend will be sustained, and I also doubt this will have any huge impact in numbers.

Most people just don't care.

Re: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

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Post by rsync »

rsync.net is (minimally) an openai customer. I've used it mostly as a curiosity but others here have used it in more professional manner.

When we created the account we shared essentially zero personal information and used a purpose-specific email, etc. No ID scans, no passports, no robust ID verification. It is a company account, after all, so it would make no sense to tie it to a particular person ...

All of this to ask:

In 2026, if I choose to boycott openAI on behalf of my firm, and perhaps sign up for Claude with the intention of using either the web interface or a terminal CLI ... what will be demanded in terms of identity and personal information ?

Re: Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store

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Post by alfredoav »

gritspants wrote: post #52
iainctduncan wrote: post #36

The real story here is "how the hell did Dick's Sporting Goods get to #3 and how can I get me some of their magic dust?"

Well, apparently they give you some miniscule rewards points for meeting step or activity goals. I told my wife who was immediately intrigued. Pump out more apps that appeal to women.

This does not check out for me intuitively. You are telling me Dick's sporting goods with 800 stores was able to get to the top of the app store leaderboard, which companies spend a lot of effort and money on, against the largest AI behemoths, by giving rewards on activity goals? I think it has to be something else.
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