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IMO WeChat is bloated. While the app itself only uses n MB, it stores all chat history and embedded multimedia on the device itself. Eventually each group chat

IMO WeChat is bloated. While the app itself only uses n MB, it stores all chat history and embedded multimedia on the device itself. Eventually each group chat will hog >1GB. I uninstalled after they made the app refuse to run without constant GPS permission.

jordache 9y ago
anecdotal feedback though.. your objection to them needing gps permission doesn't stack up at all against the robust platform wechat has become, which hundreds of millions depend on for everyday transactions. So the OP's point of people in China mainly needing WeChat is 100% relevant. While your side comment about what a single user doesn't like about wechat is 100% irrelevant.
- supertrope 9y ago
  Foreign competitors are banned. If I lived in PRC I'd probably have to suck it up and use it.
kccqzy 9y ago
I'd rather prefer a chat app that stores all chat history and media on my device instead of some cloud. On my iPhone WeChat starts fine without having the location services permission.
- supertrope 9y ago
  They just need to add automatic chat log pruning. 16GB of 32GB of storage fills quickly.
  - larkeith 9y ago
    What the heck kind of group chats are you in that has ~2 billion words in the history?
    - distances 9y ago
      Videos and gifs?
      - larkeith 9y ago
        Fair.
- westiseast 9y ago
  Don’t worry, the Chinese government stores all your Wechat data for you on a cloud ;)
woolvalley 9y ago
You can't clear chats? iMessage has a similar issue and you solve it by deleting the chat and then rejoining / continuing it again.
- StudentStuff 9y ago
  There isn't automatic conversation trimming? This is a feature Signal added years ago, I'm surprised iMessage doesn't have it. Then again, Apple seems to have the whole iMessage platform in maintenance mode, the biggest updates are emojis, no giphy integration or new features coming out biweekly or anything like that.
  - kalleboo 9y ago
    iMessage does have it on iOS - you can set it to keep 30 days, 1 year, or unlimited. It also supports apps and comes with a GIF app out of the box. iMessage on the Mac however, is utter unmaintained garbage.

jordache 9y ago

anecdotal feedback though.. your objection to them needing gps permission doesn't stack up at all against the robust platform wechat has become, which hundreds of millions depend on for everyday transactions. So the OP's point of people in China mainly needing WeChat is 100% relevant. While your side comment about what a single user doesn't like about wechat is 100% irrelevant.

supertrope 9y ago
Foreign competitors are banned. If I lived in PRC I'd probably have to suck it up and use it.

kccqzy 9y ago

I'd rather prefer a chat app that stores all chat history and media on my device instead of some cloud. On my iPhone WeChat starts fine without having the location services permission.

supertrope 9y ago
They just need to add automatic chat log pruning. 16GB of 32GB of storage fills quickly.
- larkeith 9y ago
  What the heck kind of group chats are you in that has ~2 billion words in the history?
  - distances 9y ago
    Videos and gifs?
    - larkeith 9y ago
      Fair.
westiseast 9y ago
Don’t worry, the Chinese government stores all your Wechat data for you on a cloud ;)

woolvalley 9y ago

You can't clear chats? iMessage has a similar issue and you solve it by deleting the chat and then rejoining / continuing it again.

StudentStuff 9y ago
There isn't automatic conversation trimming? This is a feature Signal added years ago, I'm surprised iMessage doesn't have it. Then again, Apple seems to have the whole iMessage platform in maintenance mode, the biggest updates are emojis, no giphy integration or new features coming out biweekly or anything like that.
- kalleboo 9y ago
  iMessage does have it on iOS - you can set it to keep 30 days, 1 year, or unlimited. It also supports apps and comes with a GIF app out of the box. iMessage on the Mac however, is utter unmaintained garbage.