christopher126

GG1 said:

Beats said:

GG1 said:

CloudTalkin said:

substance said:

How is this app that much different any app that has 'everything-and-the-kitchen-sink' built into them (like Facebook had they not broken Messenger out into a separate app)? 

And why is WeChat so popular in China?  What's to prevent the latest and greatest chap app to come around in a year or two to knock it off its pertch?

Facebook isn't even close to being like WeChat.  Bet your bottom dollar, they are trying though.  So are all the major players. The article touches on it, but doesn't go far enough.  WeChat is a fully fleshed out ecosystem in a single app.  It's built so that a user never has to leave their environment to do anything that's done electronically.  A Chinese user could have no other apps on their phone besides WeChat and they wouldn't miss a beat.  ← That's not hyperbole.  Whether using an iOS or Android device, every aspect of a users digital life can be handled through WeChat.  The user never has to leave the app.  The next largest social app in China is QQ.  Both are owned by Tencent.  That is one thing that is similar.  Facebook (WhatsApp & FB Messenger) and Tencent (WeChat & QQ) own the top two messaging apps in their respective spheres of influence.  No one else is even close.

I observed this in China. It really offers so much beyond chat it really could be an OS with multiple services. Where Amazon failed with Fire Phone (only shopping), I think Tencent could succeed with a WeChat Phone (payment, banking, shopping, social media, mass transit ticketing, etc.). Built by Huawei.

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So basically rip off Apple's hard work with ZERO originality and push them out of the market.

That is basically China's MO for any foreign (western country) company's IP.

Bingo! And our dumb ass CEO's let them do it for short term profits and their own options!

CloudTalkin said:

christopher126 said:

I guess I'm a sentimentalist; I bought into Apple's exquisite hardware and software design ethos early on.

I've always leaned towards the consumer line over the more expensive Pro line and the portable/mobile over the heavy.

I love my 2017 rose gold MacBook. It is the quintessential example of Job's ideal. Light, thin, beautiful, and just a joy to own. I don't want seven cables attached to my MacBook.

I still am rocking a rose gold Se for the same reasons I like the MacBook. (The new iPhones sure are heavy!)

I have an iPad mini 2...but hardly use it at all.

AppleTV/iTunes is the only way I watch TV. I don't go to Movies b/c people eat like donkeys!

I will not have any MicroSoft, Google, FaceBook offal on any of my devices.

I use DuckDuckGo...and very soon will be using a good VPN.

I avoid all third-party software.

Anyway...best regards.

P.S. My AirPods are the most brilliant device Apple has done since the 2017 MacBook!

This is a seriously weird flex.  It's absent of context and an unusual overshare.  Everything all right there?

Haha...I thought the same thing after hitting the send button...just feeling a little nostalgic, thanks.

I guess I'm a sentimentalist; I bought into Apple's exquisite hardware and software design ethos early on.

I've always leaned towards the consumer line over the more expensive Pro line and the portable/mobile over the heavy.

I love my 2017 rose gold MacBook. It is the quintessential example of Job's ideal. Light, thin, beautiful, and just a joy to own. I don't want seven cables attached to my MacBook.

I still am rocking a rose gold Se for the same reasons I like the MacBook. (The new iPhones sure are heavy!)

I have an iPad mini 2...but hardly use it at all.

AppleTV/iTunes is the only way I watch TV. I don't go to Movies b/c people eat like donkeys!

I will not have any MicroSoft, Google, FaceBook offal on any of my devices.

I use DuckDuckGo...and very soon will be using a good VPN.

I avoid all third-party software.

Anyway...best regards.

P.S. My AirPods are the most brilliant device Apple has done since the 2017 MacBook!

Miss him...one of my heroes. Along w/ Ayrton Senna, Muhammad Ali, Mercury Morris, Paul McCartney to name a few.

Apple hates cables!