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Thwarted??

Can you run a business if you're not on Google Maps?

>>philis+(OP)
I think you missed the context. Thwarted in the sense that none of them have the necessity and reach of WeChat.

>>philis+(OP)
You absolutely can if you don’t have locations that are open to customers.

What I hear from the marketing folks I work with is that these days it’s less about Google and more “if you’re not advertising on Facebook, you’re not advertising.” (US centric perspective.)

>>aliasx+oc
Then can you run a business without Visa?

>>philis+w01
I feel like you're being a bit disingenuous. The article stated that market competition has mostly thwarted the attempts of any single big tech company reaching the levels that WeChat has in China. If you're proposing Visa has done that (across all categories, not just financial), I'd be curious to hear your proposal.

To answer your question, though, Visa doesn't process payments for the dozen or so cannabis shops in my town and they are all thriving. I'm not saying it's common, or easy, but the answer is yes.

>>aliasx+s41
Well you've disproven my point. Good work.