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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by fhd2 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:49PM (#34041204)
We already have "everything apps" - it's called a browser. I would indeed be missing that if we didn't already have it.

I can also imagine how people might find it convenient to have essentially browser, messaging and payment combined into a single thing (essentially WeChat) they can use instead of a variety of separate apps/accounts.

But I'm also sceptical anyone can make that happen in democratic capitalist countries without insane amounts of investment.

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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by wfaler on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:57PM (#34041341)
Ok, the browser I buy and agree.

But outside web-browsers, I'm not sure it is anything anyone wants - like you imply, in China it's probably handy, because it is a reliable route into all the services that are blessed by the CCP, which means you avoid running into firewalls & thought police.

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