Comments by "Technolus" (@technolus5742) on "Why It's So Hard for Meta, PayPal and X to Build a Super App Like WeChat | WSJ" video.

Apple actually operates in many countries. And we have Google too, with Google Chat, Gmail, Google Fit, Google Pay, ... We may find out that Musks idea has already been done and overdone. But... we might find out that none of these apps we are mentioning is a single unified app that does everything.
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 @leeswecho That is only partly true. Much of this data is stored in the cloud, not your phone.
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@MacrosFTW True and that is why sometimes the government must regulate and prevent companies from further developing and exploiting that power imbalance.
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@ibgib Why not? Instead of having the buy button for Amazon products exclusively on the Amazon app, you could have any number of apps using Amazon as a back-end service provider. For the user it would be the exact same thing, while having chpice between a variety of apps that seamlessly display products from Amazon and their competitors. As for identity, you just carry your identity with you instead of Amazon saving it for you. Sure big tech companies don't have incentive to do any of this, in fact they will fight it. But that's why regulation would be passed to force them to do things that do not maximize their profit, but which are very good for consumers.
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