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0 pointsjunipertea2mo ago0 comments

I believe specifically for Microsoft, they did bundle a default replacement for chatGPT in a lot of different places (Bing chat, Copilot) which use OpenAI models! But the end product is notably worse than native interface. There is a bare-minimum-level of usability required.

For chat apps, good enough is good enough. For something as universally useful and easy to use as ChatGPT, the bar is higher. I don't want to comment on the financial feasibility, but whatever Microsoft put out has been a complete flop even when free, making ChatGPT $8 subscription seem worth it in comparison

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lelanthran2mo ago

> But the end product is notably worse than native interface.

That was my point - a lot of superior products were eaten by poor bundled replacements.

Last I checked, copilot has more users than ChatGPT simply because users are using it from within Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams, without even knowing that they are using copilot. It's bundled into Windows.

Right now, copilot is more useful to users than ChatGPT because it is embedded into their workflows.

38362936482mo ago

Copilot doesn't have users. They're rebranding their non-llm offerings as copilot to make it not look like a failure

akie2mo ago

ChatGPT and all the competitors have the exact same UI and UX.

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