A huge contributor to Apple's high retention amongst iPhone users is attributable to iOS — for most of the world it is unimaginable for an iPhone user to upgrade to anything but another iPhone: there is too much of the user experience, too many of the apps, and, in some countries like the U.S., too many contacts on iMessage to even countenance another phone.

Unlike the rest of the world, in China the most important layer of the smartphone stack is not the phone’s operating system. Rather, it is WeChat, making iOS irrelevant for the Chinese. WeChat is your phone — and it works the same on iOS or Android.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, has cultivated relationships with China’s leaders, including President Xi Jinping. He has paid multiple visits to the country to meet its top internet executives. He has made an effort to learn Mandarin.

Inside Facebook, the work to enter China runs far deeper. The social network has quietly developed software to suppress posts from appearing in people’s news feeds in specific geographic areas, according to three current and former Facebook employees, who asked for anonymity because the tool is confidential. The feature was created to help Facebook get into China, a market where the social network has been blocked, these people said. Mr. Zuckerberg has supported and defended the effort, the people added.

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What do you think of Facebook for Work? Is it a credible threat to Slack, or do you think companies today have no incentive left to switch away, given high switching costs? Do leave a reply if you have tried Facebook for Work - would love to hear your thoughts!

Edit: Facebook launched Workplace on Oct 10, 2016. Visit it here: Workplace by Facebook

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