Isn't it just users with QQ numbers pick a slim version (which is more adapted to mobile use cases) of QQ on mobile devices? QQ number is something almost everyone on internet owns back in early 2000s in China. The number became the utility. As long as one has internet connection, one does not need a phone number to get connected.
I don't like WeChat. But that's what you have to use since that's where everyone you know are. MSN once had the chance to complete with QQ, but it gave up. And everybody had no better choice but picked up their old QQ number.
From another perspective, it's also accompanied with the rise of local business, which shifted the attitude towards local society recognition.
I don't like WeChat. But that's what you have to use since that's where everyone you know are. MSN once had the chance to complete with QQ, but it gave up. And everybody had no better choice but picked up their old QQ number.
From another perspective, it's also accompanied with the rise of local business, which shifted the attitude towards local society recognition.
Money makes then ugly now pretty.