Alibaba’s bubble tea giveaway pushes Qwen past Tencent’s Yuanbao to top of China App Store
South China Morning Post • 2/6/2026
Summary
Alibaba Group Holding's artificial intelligence app Qwen surged to the top of China's Apple App Store after offering freebies, including bubble tea, on Friday. The app climbed from 10th place, surpassing Tencent Holdings' Yuanbao. Within nine hours, more than 10 million free orders, valued at 250 million yuan (US$36 million), were placed using vouchers capped at 25 yuan, according to Qwen's team on its official Weibo account.
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Lindy Score Breakdown (V4.2)
11d
Age
1
Sources
from cluster
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Hours Since Seen
Final Score0/100
CategoryAntiLindy
StatusArchived
Recency Multiplier2% (0.5^257/48)
Hero EligibleNo
Score is 0 because recency decay (0.5^257/48 = 0.024448) reduced it below 0.5
Score BreakdownRisk 50
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Age: 10 days - proven survivor
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