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My bet: WeChat will accept Apple requirements.

• tqkxzugoaupvwqr 9y ago
  Can you explain how you get to that conclusion? WeChat seems to be an integral part of Chinese society. If WeChat keeps ignoring Apple, what can Apple do? Pull the app from the App Store and risk people migrating to other phones that have WeChat? I bet that Apple will not take 30% of tips going through WeChat.
  • Steko 9y ago
    > WeChat seems to be an integral part of Chinese society WeChat is integral but the tipping feature is used by a small fraction of users and isn't relevant to WeChat's bottom line.
• Bakary 9y ago
  The Chinese can do without Apple easily, but they cannot do without WeChat. It is far more integrated into society than Facebook ever was. Not having a Facebook account will get you weird looks in the West but not having WeChat will make people stare at you in disbelief unless you are a foreigner or very old.
• imron 9y ago
  I think you drastically underestimate the importance of wechat to the average Chinese citizen, and the amount of leverage tencent holds. If they dropped support of iOS, iPhone sales in China would drop so low as to be effectively 0.