Today, WeChat issued a notice saying that because of the excessive marketing of Yuanbao, they have blocked them. The onlookers immediately gathered around because isn't Yuanbao also part of Tencent?
Tencent can be ruthless, even to its own people.
Actually, this aligns with WeChat's character; on the day Yuanbao sent out red envelopes, I saw all the groups flooded with messages. My first thought was that WeChat would definitely ban it, and it must ban it, otherwise, WeChat's ecosystem would be destroyed.
But I really didn't expect that WeChat could hold on for several days this time, which is quite polite to its own brother.
I downloaded Yuanbao too, but mainly because the call from deepseek was too laggy. Using Yuanbao is smooth and free, but Tencent's model doesn't leave much of an impression for now.
Tencent typically emerges as a latecomer and they have also chosen this strategy with large models.