wechat app and iphone? netizens: neither is really indispensable to the other.
2024-09-06
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recently, the topic of "iphone 16 does not support wechat" has become a hot search. there are rumors that wechat may not support the latest iphone 16 and remind users not to update the system. previously, apple was exposed to have forced wechat to plug the payment loophole in order to impose a 30% "apple tax" on the wechat ecosystem. the so-called "apple tax" is intuitively the commission fee charged by apple to the software service providers that distribute application programs in the system. because it is a transaction commission, it is also commonly known as the "apple tax" in the industry.
in fact, it is not just wechat. on multiple platforms including short videos, pictures and text sharing, apple users are also facing the invisible "apple tax". for example, one netizen found:
"if you want to top up your account to give gifts to the anchor during a live broadcast, 1 yuan on an apple phone will give you 7 diamonds, and 1 yuan on an android phone will give you 10 diamonds."
"to top up 3,000 points on a certain literature platform, an android phone costs 30 yuan, but an apple phone costs 50 yuan."
according to media reports, apple is currently actively communicating with tencent to confirm whether tencent will continue to provide a commission for software downloads to the apple app store. apple will release a new phone on september 10, and many netizens are worried that they will not be able to use wechat on apple devices in the future. will the situation of "choose one between wechat and apple" really happen? as a user, which one do you want to live without? the paper published a discussion on this↓
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“apple should take care of itself”
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@chen shu jason:i can afford to change a mobile phone, but i can’t even think about changing a chat tool. before apple withdraws from china, i have already bought the “thunder xiaomi folding screen 16 ultra pro plus max+”…
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@the paper user qjqerj:with such a large user base of wechat, the demand for apple phones will be quickly filled. you must know that the "tax" on apple phones in china is the highest, higher than that in the united states and the european union!
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@stone on stone mountain:apple must withstand the pressure and not give in, and then leave the chinese market with dignity.
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life is good and the future is promising:with so many phones to choose from, why bother?
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@the paper user m2en2u:huawei's lianxin is also very good, and now honor phones also support lianxin.
“just a chat tool”
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@wu long:there is nothing indispensable, the fittest will survive. in a fully competitive market environment, with a customer base as large as apple's, the demand gap will be quickly filled and better products will appear.
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@linbojini:it's just a chat tool. i especially hate the wechat model, which is tencent's tool for harvesting money.
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@mukden:wechat is tencent's main business, but it is only one of the apps in the apple store. if wechat does not cancel the wechat mini program's connection with paid games to escape the 30% commission from the apple store, apple may ban overseas users from using all tencent apps on ios, and at the same time file a lawsuit, and ask the court to ban overseas android systems from using all tencent apps. in this way, tencent will no longer be a multinational company, and its stock price will plummet.
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@ clear leaf color:that’s great. i don’t have to reply to wechat messages after get off work.
pengyou replied to @thepengpai netizen 7rizya:it's pretty good, it depends on whether you change your phone or your job.
“who can’t live without whom?”
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@grassroots never die:an "old man" and an "old woman" are just testing each other in the marriage market. they both know that the other party is still useful, but both want to squeeze more from each other, so they are a bit shy. don't worry, both parties will eventually choose to make do and won't break up.
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@Fxfiie：they are "fighting each other", and we users are all losers and don't get a penny!
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@pengyou walks with me for a lifetime:i cried my heart out when we just broke up, but time can heal all the pain, and it turns out that no one can live without anyone.
if you really have to choose between wechat and apple, which one would you choose?
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