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I realize it’s called “WeChat”, but isn’t it super popular because all of the mini UI-driven apps inside of it? I don’t get the impression that people really t

I realize it’s called “WeChat”, but isn’t it super popular because all of the mini UI-driven apps inside of it? I don’t get the impression that people really talking to bots much using that app. They’re either chatting with humans or interacting with UIs. http://a16z.com/2015/08/06/wechat-china-mobile-first/ http://a16z.com/2015/08/06/wechat-china-mobile-first/

0x445442 8y ago
At the very least all those mini UIs are cornered into a more standardized system just from the limitations presented by the chat environment. On the other end, most of the functionality can be driven from textual commands the way SMS "apps" used to be. Of course the elephant in the room to this entire thread is advertising and analytics, which IMO is the biggest reason the web has devolved so badly. I mean it's much harder to generate revenue if you're just serving me textual content that I'm interested in.