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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 months ago

TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban

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TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban

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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 months ago
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Great job, US government. You went so overboard with your “TikTok is an evil Chinese app” and deciding to ban it that you’re pushing kids to go even deeper into the Chinese app ecosystem. The US go…
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    Even if this were true they could still sell to anyone else. I’m still not convinced that the CCP doesn’t sees TikTok being more valuable as a cultural weapon than as a simple social media. Hell getting it banned is probably as good in their eyes as it staying because it creates more tension between citizens and the government and they’re all about creating instability.

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      Part of the Tiktok algo is already released on Github. I’m hoping instead of selling they actually make everything open.

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      Why wouldn’t they just use Instagram or Facebook?

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