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The ChatGPT “Super App” Sort of Super Sucks

I am so confused right now. I mean that literally. Trying to use the new ChatGPT app on the Mac, I’m confused. I knew this was coming, more or less, and I’m still confused! I hope “regular” users don’t try this anytime soon, because it’s a mess. The “good” news is that it’s such a mess that simply trying to update the old ChatGPT app, does trigger an update, but it’s actually not the new ChatGPT app, but rather an updated version of the old one. So anyone doing a regular update, shouldn’t be shoved into this new experience – yet. Instead, to get the new ChatGPT app, you need to manually re-download it from the page on OpenAI’s website. Or have Codex installed, because that should update to this new ChatGPT. And that’s because the old Codex is essentially the new ChatGPT.

Full critique : Like the Claude app it imitates, the new ChatGPT “Super App”, which merges Codex with ChatGPT, is a tangle of toggles and strange UI decisions.