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In Thai fried rice, sure! (By which I mean fried rice from thai restaurants in USA, I have zero idea what they do in Thailand, or China, or if they eat fried rice at all. :) )

Whether it's "usually" part of the recipe or not, if you like it, go for it!

Totally different thing than oyster sauce as I've seen oyster sauce.

I put fish sauce in lots of stuff, if it's good fish sauce it's really an umami boost.

They absolutely do eat fried rice in Thailand, but they call it "fly lie" :)

Thai cooking uses it in near everything, including fried rice. And most stir-fried veggies. I've been stewing collard greens in chicken broth and fish sauce: delicious!

Oh it is far different to oyster sauce. It's more like a very mild rice vinegar loaded with MSG with a tinge of raw fishyness to it.