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How China Is Changing Your Internet | The New York Times

The New York Times · 2.2M views · 2016-08-09 · 5:58

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A New York Times video on how China's sheltered internet produced a new breed of apps, centering on WeChat's all-in-one model combining payments, social and services. It suggests American companies are now taking cues from Chinese tech.

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HN cites it as a concise explanation of why WeChat's super-app model is so dominant and why people worry about copycats.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2016–2017

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pcr0 · 2017-01 · Recommendation

This video from NYT explains it what makes WeChat revolutionary as a platform: [VIDEO] tl;dw The revolution alludes to the fact that one app is taking over everything from social networking, mobile payments, food, ticket sales, ride-hailing, financial products, bill payments, and much more.

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partycoder · 2017-03 · Reference

Well, Facebook is not so much of a threat as WeChat is in China. [VIDEO] Basically all apps converge into WeChat, and there is absolutely no way to avoid it.

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Borating · 2016-10 · Reference

What I am worried about is that Facebook/Google/Microsoft/Amazon/Apple are copying the same model [1]. These companies are killing the open web. [1] How China Is Changing Your Internet (The New York Times) - [VIDEO]

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