alt Hacker NewsThe answer is friction. What % of this billion of users will bother to export their chat history (which is already a lot) and import another another llm. That number is too small to matter.
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friendzis • today at 2:23 PM
Wrong ratio.
How many of those care about their own particular history in the first place and what % of those at least actively manage it outside of standard chat interface or even hop providers? I think that % would surprise you.
swexbe • today at 2:13 PM
All chat apps look exactly the same and have exactly the same features. The friction is basically non-existent compared to email services, social media, web browsers, &c.
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chroma205 • today at 2:26 PM
> The answer is friction.
Yet non-technical users switched from Edge/Safari to Google Chrome.
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Since each chat is virtually independent there’s no switching cost. I’ve moved between Claude and ChatGPT with no cares.
It’s not like Facebook where all my friends stay behind