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Is this a loop hole or intentional? I'm guessing wechat doesn't care to optimize the visitor experience.

Has it ever been different? Afaik, it's as limited as it always was; they just added identity verification.

It's a relatively new change, the latest big change was in April when they removed one other way of sending a red envelope. So it doesn't seem like it's intentional.

https://lerner.co.il/2018/12/28/the-foreigners-guide-to-wech...

Might be related to some government regulations about money laundering. There is some problem with that in China.

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