Tencent should put customers before profits

Editor's note: WeChat, a social media operated by Tencent that has more than 1 billion users worldwide, blocks the sharing of some functions, links and apps of some other IT companies, including Baidu, the most popular search engine in the Chinese language, on its platform. Changjiang Daily comments:

Tencent's blocking of its competitors - which is seemingly a shortcut to avoid competition and within the discretion of the company - is suspected of abusing its monopoly position.

Tencent turns a blind eye to the fact that its customers are also clients of other internet companies, including its major rivals, and its closefisted practice, which may involve only a tiny adjustment of its background program, has caused considerable inconvenience to its users, hurting its own interests and credit as well.