After 31 days in the trenches of Gizmodos March Madness bracket challenge, Google Maps has emerged victorious!
Where would we be without Google Maps?
When the bracket first kicked off, I predicted Vine would win.
Graphic: Gizmodo
I was dead wrong.
Vine didnt make it out of the Sweet 16 and I think its probably a generational thing.
For me, the biggest twists along the way were Venmo defeating Twitter and Evernote taking down Spotify.
Graphic: Vicky Leta
Damn, you guys really hate Spotify.
I was also shocked to see Instagram eliminated by WhatsApp.
The top apps arent all that different than what you wouldve seen years ago.
The top paid game right now is Minecraft.
The top free app is Metas Twitter clone, Threads.
And in general, thats the story of the whole app store these days.
Its mostly clones or iterative improvements on other apps.
Weve hit peak app, and its the end of history.
And thats why well never need to run this contest again.
There will be no challengers in the future.
So, congratulations to Google Maps, which now and forever will be the Greatest App of All Time.
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