"WeChat, for instance, lets users shop, pay bills and book appointments."
Does anyone have experience with it? Is it actually useful, or just a gimmick?
And I have to point out that there is a protocol which is open, supports both users and services with registration, supports federation, and supports arbitrary payloads, making it a great solution for a chat bot platform... But of course everyone dropped xmpp and now will have to reinvent it.
Living in China and living the wechat platform. I pay my groceries by presenting a QR code, pay my taxi by scanning the driver's QR code, pay my utilities and to up my mobile. Really handy!
Does anyone have experience with it? Is it actually useful, or just a gimmick?
And I have to point out that there is a protocol which is open, supports both users and services with registration, supports federation, and supports arbitrary payloads, making it a great solution for a chat bot platform... But of course everyone dropped xmpp and now will have to reinvent it.