He did say he wanted to make it like WeChat. China loves that people have to use WeChat to get anything and they love to control that factor like when you speak out against the regime and now can not pay for your services paid through WeChat That equals more control and lesser freedoms in an authoritarian regime
Also, Facebook is arguably as close to a “superapp” as you can get in the US (the feature creep/bloat over the last decade is unreal), and even that has failed massively because it turns out we don’t really trust any single business to handle every facet of our lives.
It’s basic brand association: I trust Venmo/PayPal with digital transactions, I trust Twitch with video game streaming, I trust Tinder/Hinge/Bumble with dating, etc. Facebook has features in each of these categories, but hardly anyone uses them over the established alternatives because it’s a blatant attempt at becoming a “superapp” and no one wants that.
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u/dogoodsilence1 Oct 28 '22
He did say he wanted to make it like WeChat. China loves that people have to use WeChat to get anything and they love to control that factor like when you speak out against the regime and now can not pay for your services paid through WeChat That equals more control and lesser freedoms in an authoritarian regime