It isn’t even a decade old… anyway, it got market share for a reason. It was immediately a big step up from other free offerings in ease of use, UI, and eventually in features too.
It is the LEAST intuitive UI of any popular app I’ve ever seen. I was recently trying to join a channel from a website that required a code to input, and absolutely couldn’t get it to work.
Edit: one interesting thing about their mobile app is when you use the GPS for directions, it changes where the audio comes from depending on what your next direction is. If your next is “turn left” then the instructions come from your left-side car audio.
I feel like it’s been shitty for a decade… personal view though, clearly people like it
Edit: well, for almost 10 years, maybe 9.
It isn’t even a decade old… anyway, it got market share for a reason. It was immediately a big step up from other free offerings in ease of use, UI, and eventually in features too.
The UI/UX has always been absolutely atrocious.
I HATE the UI. It was made for iPad babies.
It is the LEAST intuitive UI of any popular app I’ve ever seen. I was recently trying to join a channel from a website that required a code to input, and absolutely couldn’t get it to work.
Yess, thank you. Ugly, slow, frustrating. And pay to make it bearable…
Hold on, I’ve got 6 updates since you opened me an hour ago.
You can wait right?
From a functional perspective it’s fantastic but it doesn’t make up for the incessant ads (even if you pay) and the lack of any privacy whatsoever.
Are you talking about the ads for nitro?
I don’t even remember exactly what they were for, but yes, that’s one of them.
It’s the network effect that people like, just like every other social platform before it.
Same boat as many Gapps like Google Maps. No large market competitor to show users how much better it can be.
https://wego.here.com/
Edit: one interesting thing about their mobile app is when you use the GPS for directions, it changes where the audio comes from depending on what your next direction is. If your next is “turn left” then the instructions come from your left-side car audio.