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		rahimnathwani on Aug 11, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When One App Rules Them All: The Case of WeChat an... "became dominant in their countries the same way WeChat did: bundling" This is false. WeChat became big because it is a good app AND because it provided a seamless on-ramp for users of QQ (the previous dominant instant messenger, also owned by Tencent).

jsprogrammer on Aug 11, 2015 [–]

Giving away $81 million in cash probably didn't hurt either.

rahimnathwani on Aug 12, 2015 | [–]

This was in February 2015. WeChat hit ~400MM MAU about a year before that. You've got the causality the wrong way around.

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