After the announcement of the OpenAI collaboration with the US Department of Defense, ChatGPT uninstallations in the US increased 295% in just one day. Meanwhile, competitor Anthropic, gained enough popularity to claim the top spot on the leaderboard with top free apps on the App Store.
TechCrunch reports:
This data, which comes from market intelligence provider Sensor Tower, represents a significant increase compared to ChatGPT’s typical daily uninstall rate of 9%, as measured over the past 30 days. Additionally, ChatGPT’s download growth was impacted by news of the company’s partnership with the Department of Defense, with its downloads in the US falling 13% day-on-day since Saturday, shortly after the deal was announced.
Those downloads continued to decline on Sunday, when they fell 5% day-over-day. Before the partnership was announced, the app's downloads had been up 14% day-over-day through Friday.
Consumers are also sharing their opinions about OpenAI's deal in the app's ratings, where 1-star reviews for ChatGPT increased by 775% on Saturday and then increased by 100% on a daily basis on Sunday, Sensor Tower said.
Five-star reviews declined over the same period, falling by 50%. Other data providers support Sensor Tower's findings.
Although the press releases will range from very select to rare, I said I'd pass...because sometimes the editors hide.
