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That's precisely what Wechat is doing. Most chinese "mega apps" do this. Elon absolutely on his track to copy this important feature [1] The webview works as

by est 1y ago

That's precisely what Wechat is doing. Most chinese "mega apps" do this. Elon absolutely on his track to copy this important feature [1] The webview works as a traffic faucet. Elon can turn it on or off for every third-party site, you know, for "Internet safety". My take: Next step is X.com proprietary APIs inside the Webview, like payment and everything. The ultimate goal is a "mini-app" framework that use PWA-like techs to run everything based on the Webview and circumvent Appstore. And last a phone that runs the "mini-app" framework because why not, as an "AI edge node" like Elon recently proposed. [1]: https://x.com/danmurrays/status/1683446630245187584 https://x.com/danmurrays/status/1683446630245187584

ojr 1y ago
the webview messes up tokens and passwords managers so I don't see this happening. The US is too culturally different to have mega apps. In Asia their supermarkets also have a lot of information in the menu for example.
- huflungdung 1y ago
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- jeroenhd 11mo ago
  Replace "mega app" with "platform" and that's pretty much what Apple and Google are, Apple especially.
  - ojr 11mo ago
    no I will not replace mega app with platform, WeChat app is totally different from the App Store. In and Out has 5 menu items, similar to an app made in the USA, not too many features A Chinese market can list 50 items similar to WeChat that has 50 different features. The culture is reflected in the app design. source: https://digitalcreative.cn/blog/how-china-ux-is-different https://digitalcreative.cn/blog/how-china-ux-is-different
    - jeroenhd 11mo ago
      The App Store moved the clusters of icons to the home screen, but the messages and wallet app are right next to each other, and tightly integrated. You get to re-arrange and hide most icons, at least. The UI looks different (information density etc.) but in the end it's still a collection of external applications neatly wrapped inside a platform with strong walls and a strict gatekeeper, with a basic suite available by default. In China, you could ditch most of iOS if you could trick a phone into launching directly into WeChat.
gip 1y ago
Totally. Mini apps and mini-app stores are already developing in crypto (Farcaster, World,..) and the approach may well become the primary way to deploy advanced and secure apps going forward.
isodev 1y ago
Who in their right mind would give X/Elon money or even enable photos or contacts access on their phone. At some point is just another money laundering thing for our (least) favourite billionaire.
scuff3d 1y ago
If there was ever a good reason to stop using Twitter, this is it.
- input_sh 1y ago
  I don't think this would even make it into top 10 good reasons to stop using Twitter.
  - scuff3d 1y ago
    A crazy ass billionaire trying to develop an "everything" app seems like a pretty damn good reason to run the other direction. I wouldn't want anyone controlling an app like that, much less Elon fucking Musk.
    - est 1y ago
      the same story applies to Wechat. Pony Ma was crazy rich for QQ and games already, he created another Wechat. Lots of ppl tried to boycott it, but network effect forced everyone to use it.
- CaptWillard 11mo ago
  I'm fascinated with the number of users of this site who seem disproportionately invested in getting people to stop using Twitter.
  - paxys 11mo ago
    Yeah it's so fascinating that people want an open internet rather than a small group of billionaires and big tech companies controlling everything. Truly bizarre.
    - CaptWillard 11mo ago
      "open"? That's an interesting word to describe a platform that was previously the undisputed playground of Feds and NGOs.
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mtmail 11mo ago
In January the (now former) CEO announced the X Money payment platform will debut "later this year". "Yaccarino says the Visa partnership is the “first of many big announcements” that will be made about X Money this year." https://www.theverge.com/news/599137/x-money-payments-service-2025-launch https://www.theverge.com/news/599137/x-money-payments-servic... I don't remember any other big announcements.

by est 1y ago

ojr 1y ago

the webview messes up tokens and passwords managers so I don't see this happening. The US is too culturally different to have mega apps. In Asia their supermarkets also have a lot of information in the menu for example.

huflungdung 1y ago
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jeroenhd 11mo ago
Replace "mega app" with "platform" and that's pretty much what Apple and Google are, Apple especially.
- ojr 11mo ago
  no I will not replace mega app with platform, WeChat app is totally different from the App Store. In and Out has 5 menu items, similar to an app made in the USA, not too many features A Chinese market can list 50 items similar to WeChat that has 50 different features. The culture is reflected in the app design. source: https://digitalcreative.cn/blog/how-china-ux-is-different https://digitalcreative.cn/blog/how-china-ux-is-different
  - jeroenhd 11mo ago
    The App Store moved the clusters of icons to the home screen, but the messages and wallet app are right next to each other, and tightly integrated. You get to re-arrange and hide most icons, at least. The UI looks different (information density etc.) but in the end it's still a collection of external applications neatly wrapped inside a platform with strong walls and a strict gatekeeper, with a basic suite available by default. In China, you could ditch most of iOS if you could trick a phone into launching directly into WeChat.

gip 1y ago

Totally. Mini apps and mini-app stores are already developing in crypto (Farcaster, World,..) and the approach may well become the primary way to deploy advanced and secure apps going forward.

isodev 1y ago

Who in their right mind would give X/Elon money or even enable photos or contacts access on their phone. At some point is just another money laundering thing for our (least) favourite billionaire.

scuff3d 1y ago

If there was ever a good reason to stop using Twitter, this is it.

input_sh 1y ago
I don't think this would even make it into top 10 good reasons to stop using Twitter.
- scuff3d 1y ago
  A crazy ass billionaire trying to develop an "everything" app seems like a pretty damn good reason to run the other direction. I wouldn't want anyone controlling an app like that, much less Elon fucking Musk.
  - est 1y ago
    the same story applies to Wechat. Pony Ma was crazy rich for QQ and games already, he created another Wechat. Lots of ppl tried to boycott it, but network effect forced everyone to use it.
CaptWillard 11mo ago
I'm fascinated with the number of users of this site who seem disproportionately invested in getting people to stop using Twitter.
- paxys 11mo ago
  Yeah it's so fascinating that people want an open internet rather than a small group of billionaires and big tech companies controlling everything. Truly bizarre.
  - CaptWillard 11mo ago
    "open"? That's an interesting word to describe a platform that was previously the undisputed playground of Feds and NGOs.

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mtmail 11mo ago

In January the (now former) CEO announced the X Money payment platform will debut "later this year". "Yaccarino says the Visa partnership is the “first of many big announcements” that will be made about X Money this year." https://www.theverge.com/news/599137/x-money-payments-service-2025-launch https://www.theverge.com/news/599137/x-money-payments-servic... I don't remember any other big announcements.