Microsoft recently considered the idea of ​​creating a so-called “super app”, a universal application where users can do many things without leaving the application, writes The Information, which is cited by Reuters. “super programs” was when Elon Musk wrote that Twitter can serve as an “accelerator!” to create “X, Apps for Everything”,

The Information writes that Microsoft considered creating an application that would include shopping, messaging, news and web search services. Microsoft, unlike Google and Apple, does not have an app store for smartphones, and the idea was that a super app could help Microsoft rebuild its mobile presence.

The sources also say it’s unclear whether Microsoft will try to launch such a program, but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has asked his people to develop much better integration between the Bing search engine and the Teams and Outlook apps.

However, the “super program” would still be far from here.

These super programs are rare, and only one example stands out in terms of importance: WeChat.

WeChat was created by the Chinese technology group Tencent, has more than a billion users and allows you not only to chat, but also to make payments, order food, call a taxi or play games. WeChat is like Facebook, PayPal, Instagram, Uber, WhatsApp, Snapchat and Glovo all in one app.

WeChat was developed in China, a very special market with different rules than the US and Europe. WeChat also has massive censorship, far more than any major Western app. Also, through WeChat, the Chinese government has easy access to anything a citizen sees, pays or does that the authorities find questionable.

Obviously, the app Microsoft had in mind couldn’t be as big and complex as WeChat.

There would undoubtedly be a lot of resistance if someone in the US or Europe tried to create a program that would monitor so many aspects of people’s lives, and many would object to important data being in the hands of one company, especially given the scandals in which they were involved. major American technology companies.

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