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The difference is that none of the corporations you listed have products that are effectively mandatory to use for one to exist in modern society. Helpful, yes
by NickC25 3y ago
The difference is that none of the corporations you listed have products that are effectively mandatory to use for one to exist in modern society.
Helpful, yes. But mandatory? No.
In China, it's borderline impossible to do anything if you don't have WeChat. It centralizes everything related to personal and professional life in China.
Your rideshare app is not sharing data with your fitness app, or with your laundry service app. In China, there's 1 app. It centralizes everything.
- pests 3y agoIsn't it a little more complicated though? WeChat has turned into its own operating system offering and app store offering mini-programs that other companies can create. These mini-programs do work through WeChat and Tencent probably has all the data that goes into or through these mini-programs but couldn't the same be said about our current situation? In a way isn't that just like Android or iOS itself?