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Apple and Google avoid naming ChatGPT as their 'app of the year,' picking AllTrails and Imprint instead (techcrunch.com)
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Apple and Google avoid naming ChatGPT as their 'app of the year,' picking AllTrails and Imprint instead::Both Apple and Google today announced their best apps and games of the year, with the hiking and biking companion AllTrails winning as Apple's iPhone App

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[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

All trials might have been unique a decade ago, but it's basically just yelp for trails and there are several apps that do the same thing but better. The only major changes all trails has made in the years I've been using it is locking more and more features behind a subscription fee. I guess that's "unique". Certainly more innovative that a pocket conversational AI that I can have an realtime voice conversation with, or send pictures to to ask about real world things I'm seeing, or generating a unique image based on whatever thought pops into my imagination that I can share with others nearly instantly. Nothing interesting about that. The decade old app that collates user submitted trails and their reviews and charges 40 dollars a year to use any of its tracking features is the real game changer.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tbf AllTrails saw a niche and jumped on it. It's the first smartphone app that I've seen getting meat-space word-of-mouth advertising in years. Like before a few months ago I couldn't remember the last time someone was like "hey you should check out this app" but it's happened to me a couple of times now while chatting with relative strangers.

[–] tpihkal@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's how I learned about Alltrails. Haven't done much hiking yet so I haven't subscribed, but I have it on my phone.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Lol same here. I downloaded it but haven't opened it yet