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Chinese app design: weird, but it works. Here's why
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WeChat works well, I don't use Western stuff too often to compare. I have discord installed in Island because a board game ground I know coordinates there, and Whatsapp apparently. Both are fucking nightmares compared to WeChat which I use exclusively for chat/voice/video.
Other Chinese software is hit or miss. NetApp's mail software is pretty terrible. The most annoying MFA, where they'll individually require MFA codes to view the MFA/password reset emails from certain senders randomly (apple definitely triggers it). I had a partner who ran into that a lot, and who also swears QQ were the worst after getting banned for no reason and continuing to get banned circumventing them.
There's some Shanghai stock exchange trading terminal software that's free and it's awesome compared to shit like Robinhood or even firstrade. Not any of the ones that show up in English, though those look passable as well.
WeChat also has barely changed its UI in the decade+ I've had it for. The same definitely cannot be said for other SNS platforms over the same period. Yeah, everything else has been super hit and miss as you say, and the network effect comes into play same as whatsapp/disco kinda like you mention - I've only ever used them for similar reasons to you (though if I can lure other niche bgamers across to WeChat, I do).
Also, what's Island? Is it like a segment/partition for your phone to isolate apps?