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> There is no difference in the app There are tons of difference. Wexin has more adware/spyware, no CallKit on iOS, local payments. There's even a chat firewa

• thaumasiotes 2y ago
  > There's even a chat firewall between wexin and wechat. ...is there a reason you believe this? It is not true in any sense. I'll also note that, if you believe the claims in your comment, you'll have a tough time explaining how my installation from the Google Play Store includes local payments.
  • boston_clone 2y ago
    It appears that if you register with a Chinese phone number, you have a Weixin account with a different service agreement [0] than a WeChat account [1], and your data is in fact hosted in China. So the app functions differently depending on who (or an inferred "where") you are and you as the user have different terms - how would you describe that? Could "version" suffice? 0. https://weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/readtemplate?lang=en_US&t=weixin_agreement&s=default&cc=CN#ii-services https://weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/readtemplate?lang=en_US&t=weix... 1. https://www.wechat.com/en/service_terms.html https://www.wechat.com/en/service_terms.html