Chinese OS and software ecosystem
- Thread starter Jiang ZeminFanboy
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I noticed I've been using OneDrive more and more recently because of its integration into Windows file system and MS office
Just wondering, are there any examples of such network effects in Chinese software industry?
From what I can tell, Chinese software is all really discrete and even for large companies like Tencent, they don't seem to bother crafting it into one all-in-one package that Google or Microsoft does.
Just wondering if I am mistaken, the reasons behind it or if this trend is going to change etc
Also, I feel like there could be more consolidation in certain areas. Imagine if all Chinese smartphones came with ~50GB of free cloud storage from the same cloud provider that seamlessly transfers data across devices like iCloud, that would greatly help in locking users to a "Chinese phone" ecosystem instead of just android ecosystem. Instead it seems like every company invests in their own cloud storage (which ends up sucking). That's still a pretty big problem with Androids nowadays. Changing your phone takes a full day of painstaking transfer which is why everyone wants to simplify things and move their stuff on to Google Photos instead
Just wondering, are there any examples of such network effects in Chinese software industry?
From what I can tell, Chinese software is all really discrete and even for large companies like Tencent, they don't seem to bother crafting it into one all-in-one package that Google or Microsoft does.
Just wondering if I am mistaken, the reasons behind it or if this trend is going to change etc
Also, I feel like there could be more consolidation in certain areas. Imagine if all Chinese smartphones came with ~50GB of free cloud storage from the same cloud provider that seamlessly transfers data across devices like iCloud, that would greatly help in locking users to a "Chinese phone" ecosystem instead of just android ecosystem. Instead it seems like every company invests in their own cloud storage (which ends up sucking). That's still a pretty big problem with Androids nowadays. Changing your phone takes a full day of painstaking transfer which is why everyone wants to simplify things and move their stuff on to Google Photos instead
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Pretty sure western companies don't do that anymore cause it would be illegal under anti-trust laws. Huawei only gives 5GB free cloud, I don't know any phone company that gives 50GB of free cloud storage on phones anymore.