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Please Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrun (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It still depends. I live in China and the internet here suckass. Every product, say taobao(Amazon), xianyu(eBay), Alipay(PayPal), WeChat(instant msg), banking, etc. that is crucial to your daily usage mandatories an application. The API is closed and the webapp has no functionality other than a banner with "go fuck our mobile app". The only way to bypass these privacy beast apps is to live in an isolated wood cabinet with self-sufficient agriculture.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Doesn't WeChat do more than instant messaging, though?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, it steals your soul, spies on you for the cccp and sells your privacy to anyone with a buck fifty (except to you).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. From my experience, it is an everything app and you can pay for things instead of using alipay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You mean the built-in browser with shitty nonconsistent API? Yeah it’s used widely. Some crazy dudes even put earthquake forecast on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

How does it work?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 1 month ago

Wow, that sucks. I imagine government policy has a significant influence here...