What Would a WeChat Replacement Need?
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#2Spoiler alert: the answer is Blockchain according to the post.
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#3Seems like a silly article. Even if they had feature parity today, very few people would use the replacement because their friends aren't using it, their family aren't using it, the shops they want to buy from aren't using it, the people they meet aren't using it...
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#4I only skim read this, but it feels like you could swap "WeChat" for any messaging system or social networking site
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#5Telegram was on a good path to become WeChat replacement, with its Telegram Open Network blockchain an Gram cryptocurrency coming and plans to add wide range of services including decentralized storage, web pages and payment channels. But now it looks that part has been killed by SEC, so the niche is still unoccupied.
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#6He missed a point (and probably an important one for wechat's home market): CCP approval.
/snark
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#7I only skim read this, but it feels like you could swap "WeChat" for any messaging system or social networking site
That's definitely not true. WeChat has a bunch of ecommerce stuff built in among other features. You can pay for stuff on WeChat and there are stores. It even has translation built in to facilitate buying and selling between people from different countries.
I think there are also apps and other stuff there too. It's more like a chat app that became an ecommerce and mini-app platform.
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#8Telegram was on a good path to become WeChat replacement, with its Telegram Open Network blockchain an Gram cryptocurrency coming and plans to add wide range of services including decentralized storage, web pages and payment channels. But now it looks that part has been killed by SEC, so the niche is still unoccupied.
Do you have more info about being killed by the SEC? I'm curious about this because I was looking forward to a Western Competitor to WeChat.
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#9It would need to be introduced in a single large city in 2011 and spread from there with the implicit backing of the federal government.
It would not need a blockchain. There is no reason whatsoever for basing this on a blockchain.
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#10Seems like a silly article. Even if they had feature parity today, very few people would use the replacement because their friends aren't using it, their family aren't using it, the shops they want to buy from aren't using it, the people they meet aren't using it...
This i think, they are grossly overestimating how much people really care about privacy.
To make the transition to a more private ecosystem etc.
I'm still surprised why Facebook still has multiple apps for feed and chatting.
Because Friends and Family are still using Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram etc i also keep on using those apps. Im just navigating those app with the thought of they will probably save this somewhere.