[felixding]

> because WeChat is taking up everyone's time on the phone

Well, not me. I'm Chinese and I hate hate hate WeChat. It's a cluttered, privacy intrusive app and a very close eco system.

WeChat became this popular is by no means because of the app per se, but because of it is made and heavily promoted by Tencent.

Before WeChat we had much more elegant and simple apps like Talkbox and WhatsApp.