mac wechat: what Apple-Tencent deal means for US students in China
Why Mac WeChat suddenly matters to you in China If you’re a United States student or expat living in China—or planning to come—WeChat is more than chat. It’s tickets, delivery, taxis, campus admin, club signups, and peer-to-peer IOUs. Historically, some of WeChat’s mini programs and games ran outside Apple’s App Store ecosystem for in-app payments. That changed with a new Apple–Tencent agreement: Apple will process payments for WeChat apps and games and take a 15% cut of each purchase. For people using WeChat on macOS (Mac WeChat), this is a real shift. It affects how payments behave across devices, what developers build for Mac, and how you should manage privacy and money on a laptop you also use for school. ...