Perplexity did almost same thing a while ago: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/a-personal-assistant-for-...

What do you think about such single feature tools? And, I am wondering if anyone here has found a good use for such tools.

I think for companies, the main advantage of an app is the opportunity for uncontrolled data ab/use.

Let me explain. Say you order food online — you’d want a notification to update you, instead of having to manually refresh a webpage. So you prefer using the app. But what’s the guarantee the company won’t also send you marketing notifications? You give contact permission to access just one contact, but what’s stopping the app from uploading your whole contact list to their servers? You allow location for one check-in, but they start logging your GPS every minute? Every permission asked & given for right purpose end up as consent-full data siphons.

And honestly, if the app world hadn’t taken off, the web would have invented its own version of permission systems. So yeah, I dis/agree with the article’s title — web can do everything apps can; including the shady data siphoning.

Some people might argue that they need excessive data to serve right ads, make money and keep the app free — the only way. But I don't think so, even if you pay for the app, they will need excessive data to ensure you keep renewing.

> Say you order food online — you’d want a notification to update you, instead of having to manually refresh a webpage

Browsers have a notification feature where websites can send you notifications, and it's usually enabled by default.

It has to ask for permission for that

It's more the other way around. If the app is on iPhone app store or maybe Google Play, they have rules to follow. Either way you have to accept push notifications, so if you do, nothing stops the website from spamming with those. Most users also won't automatically know how to disable push for a particular website, unlike an app where they just delete it worst case.

It's free advertising. Almost every time you use your phone, you see their logo. That's dozens of free impressions per day per person.

TLDR: just append /compare in the url or you git repository.

I know this is very old but I often find that a lot of people don't know this. Sharing this for more awareness.

We don't know what kinda stuff is stuffed in the center — maybe some useless stuff that saves them Feds $500K!

This is definitely bad. But on a different note, I think this was inevitable, as the new generation's attention span keeps dropping rapidly with all the TikTok and Instagram shorts. I believe publishers will need to figure out shorter written content formats as well. Until then, Google and others that offer alternatives will have an edge. I'm not saying this is the only way forward—just part of the evolution. I believe publishers will evolve to adapt to this too.

I think you're misunderstanding the answer here. By asking that you're assuming that the model has a self-awareness but most models don't. Think of it as a common question asked on internet. They just have a training data and answers are from that. And Chat GPT is mostly talked about on the internet, so you get that answer. You can replicate this behavior with most open source model.

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