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S. app uninstalls of ChatGPT’s mobile app jumped 295% day-over-day on Saturday, February 28, as consumers responded to the news of OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense (DoD), which has been rebranded under the Trump administration as the Department of War.

This data, which comes from market intelligence provider Sensor Tower, represents a sizable increase compared with ChatGPT’s typical day-over-day uninstall rate of 9%, as measured over the past 30 days.

Meanwhile, U.S. downloads for OpenAI competitor Anthropic’s Claude jumped up by 37% day-over-day on Friday, February 27, and 51% as of Saturday, February 28, after the company announced that it would not partner with the U.S. defense department. Anthropic said it was not able to agree on the deal terms over concerns that AI would be used to surveil Americans and be used in fully autonomous weaponry, which AI is not yet ready to do safely.

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[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You guys have it installed on your phone?? Lord in heaven

Why not just fedex Altman your SSN and mother's maiden name to save yourself the trouble lmfao

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 1 points 3 hours ago

People's phones are my nightmare. I don't want to know and i don't want to see

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 11 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Whenever I see a % data, I always believe the actual amount is really low. It just means on Saturday there were 4x the amount of uninstalls compared to every other day, which doesn’t seem much at all

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

it’s enough to be indicative

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Only if you have the base amount. And still, for a company of this size, it’s not much

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

% is % is %… absolutes are completely irrelevant… 1m people uninstalling facebook is less relevant than 100 people uninstalling

a large % change is always relevant no matter the company size. that’s the whole point

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Indeed, without an error estimated from fluctuations, etc I cannot conclude how significative it was such...

[–] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I didn’t have a subscription but I still deleted my account.

[–] cutemarshmallow@europe.pub 3 points 4 hours ago

How people have one is beyond me, both from a moral and a financial point of view.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I convinced two friends to cancel their monthly sub. I guess that's something.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 hours ago

Every little bit counts

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 37 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I am not subscribed to openai. Is there a way for me to not subscribe even harder?

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say pirate it but well cloud based and all kinda takes the wind from those sails.

[–] Xylight 9 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

ai piracy is still possible! Break into the openai servers and yoink the gpt 5.2 weights. and then publish them

[–] ultrafastsloth@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Why would you break in, the AI is Open, is in the name. Just walk in duh

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 0 points 6 hours ago

Why bother when you have GLM 5.0 😎

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago

I've switched to Mistral. It's not quite on the same level of performance but certainly worth not being on a American dubious setup.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 10 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

I'm surprised so many people were paying for it. Seems like more people want less ai not more these days.

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget we are in a perception bubble here.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 3 hours ago

Yes, but of that many people are already paying and they are still burning through billions, it's even more of a bubble than I thought. The chance of.profitability with direct to consumer is less likely.

So clearly it will be mainly corporate and enshittified versions going forward.

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 10 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

People want less forced AI, but most people are fine with using it whenever they want

I’m one of them

But then I’m a student and work part time as a dev so I see the population that pretty much uses GenAI the most

[–] Eggyhead@lemmings.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Many of us are in our own little bubble. Nearly all regular folk use AI instead of Google now.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Some people are really deep in the sauce

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

Deepseek. Take my data Xi. Please liberate us from our pedophilic ruling class. Please bring us high speed rail. Amen.

[–] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 26 points 10 hours ago
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 25 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

What really sucks is Google is likely to remove all those 1 star reviews, they've done it before when shit like this happens.

Edit: i feel like a good review could be...

1 star. By using this service you'll be helping ChatGPT autonomously surveil you through the government and murder you with robots without any human in the loop. Don't let ChatGPT kill you!

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 46 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Fuck the game up. America makes terrorists and school shooters, and it's often on purpose, so be careful and understand the game.

I did it too and for that reason (dod contract)

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How are they tracking uninstalls?

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Probably play store / app store metrics

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I had no idea that data was public

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

I believe third party analytic tools and other forms of research help news agencies report this kinda stuff, but also for the likes of google they could just probably buy the data from them

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Its almost always public when it comes to google.

[–] doesit@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Copilot says these are ethical alternatives

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

copilot isnt even recommending himself. he knows he sucks 😔

[–] doesit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

It's dangerous when we start calling it a he/she.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I'm-doing-my-part.gif

(I seem to have lost the ability to embed gifs.)

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago

But the fewer people who use it the less money they'll lose

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 0 points 11 hours ago

Ehhh. If they weren’t paying customers then it’ll certainly help their burn rate.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago

i don't have app, but may install to prop the uninstall numbers