Sounds like the greatest advantage China has is a non-segmented software eco-system where a few companies dominate the market with apps that can do many things.

Sounds like the greatest advantage China has is a non-segmented software eco-system where a few companies dominate the market with apps that can do many things. In contrast to the US where companies focus on just a few key features and users have multiple apps doing various tasks. There are definitely pros and cons of both ecosystems. But from the common everyday user's perspective, I can see how China's ecosystem is more user friendly. Perhaps that's also why they have traditionally non-tech savvy adopters (farmers, fruit stand owners) using these apps.