App Store to Add Support for Douyin Pay in China

[MacRumors]

Apple is testing Douyin Pay support for the App Store in China, according to the South China Morning Post.

Douyin Pay launched in January 2021 as a payment feature within Douyin, ByteDance's Chinese short video platform that serves as the domestic counterpart to TikTok. Douyin has approximately 766.5 million monthly active users in China, making it one of the country's most heavily used apps. Its payment service allows users to link bank accounts and conduct transactions within Douyin's ecosystem, including livestream shopping and in-app purchases.

Once the testing period concludes, the ByteDance-owned service would join Ant Group's Alipay, Tencent Holdings' WeChat Pay, and state-run China UnionPay as available payment options for App Store purchases in mainland China. Apple introduced Alipay support for the App Store in 2016 and added WeChat Pay in 2017, while UnionPay has long since been integrated through credit and debit card support.



Article Link: App Store to Add Support for Douyin Pay in China

 

[Hooyah]

Always disappointing to hear how much Apple bends forward for, well, let’s not get into it. We all know how it is.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Yep..

When China wants something it's "yes sir, let us get that implemented for you straight away!"

Really jarring in comparison to the outlandish whining and litigation and claims of "we can't do XYZ" from Apple all around the world on other features or compliance issues.

 

[knappeduivel]

People here seem to be jealous of China.

 

[turbineseaplane]

People here seem to be jealous of China.

No, we are frustrated by how Apple does anything China wants, but then throws a tantrum re: basically any changes mandated elsewhere in the world.

Even worse is when folks claim Apple "can't do XYZ for XYZ reasons", when they obviously can when China mandates XYZ.

 

[knappeduivel]

No, we are frustrated by how Apple does anything China wants, but then throws a tantrum re: basically any changes mandated elsewhere in the world.

Even worse is when folks claim Apple "can't do XYZ for XYZ reasons", when they obviously can when China mandates XYZ.

You really love your vague 'xyz' and 'folks claim'. When have you ever seen Apple throw a tantrum?

 

[racerhomie]

Always disappointing to hear how much Apple bends forward for, well, let’s not get into it. We all know how it is.

Dude, it’s just a payment option. Nothing else

 

[JPack]

No, we are frustrated by how Apple does anything China wants, but then throws a tantrum re: basically any changes mandated elsewhere in the world.

Even worse is when folks claim Apple "can't do XYZ for XYZ reasons", when they obviously can when China mandates XYZ.

Is it really that difficult to understand Apple is willing to make changes to stay relevant in the largest smartphone market in the world?

Which other country has their own completely domestic and extremely competitive hardware and software ecosystem? Germany? UK? Nigeria? India? Certainly not.

 

[firstcitazen]

Seems like EU and Chinese get what they want, though Apple fights the EU until it's forced to comply and with China it doesn't even push back.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Is it really that difficult to understand Apple is willing to make changes to stay relevant in the largest smartphone market in the world?

It's about more than that. (as you know)
Not going down this rabbit hole here though.

Cheers.