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[–] [email protected] 92 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They'll have no choice but to go into the mountains and become guerilla fighters.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There won't be a ban. TikTok will probably end up making a U.S. only version that will satisfy congress.

The data will be sold to a 3rd party broker who will then keep sending it to China, so nothing will change in the end.

[–] notanaltaccount 24 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I don't think this is correct.

They wont reveal their code and leaders in the US are too uncomfortable. With a conservative court, a ban will be not found unconstitutional.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The revealed their code to a US company already: Oracle.

They just don't like that the youth use it to see what's happening in other parts of the world, like Palestine. They want to be able to keep the US populace within their propaganda bubble, in the state we were in when we didn't know about things like the Irgun or The Great March of Return.

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[–] doingthestuff 47 points 3 months ago

Oh no! Anyway...

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'm usually all for fediverse folks shitting on big corporate social media platforms, they definitely all deserve it. But unless I'm mistaken, and I very well might be, TT seems like it gets wayyyy more vitriol than the other big bads. Hopefully that's not for "old man yells at cloud" type reasons.

Anyway, definitely looking forward to Loops when it's ready!!

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

It gets more hate because it's owned by a Chinese company that more than likely shares data with the CCP. I assume you live in a western nation, so it's basically the result of propaganda. Perhaps it's warranted, perhaps not, but that's why.

It's ironic because everyone flips out that China is vacuuming up information, as if the US government isn't doing the same thing. If you think the US govt snoops that data only to keep you safe, I have a bridge to sell you.

[–] sep 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Guess the issue is that us big bads are blocked in china. So while ccp can leverage social media to monitor western countries. Western goverments can not leverage western social media to do the same in china.

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[–] Stern 9 points 3 months ago

As a proud patriot I only want my data sold to American big business interests! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As an Australian I could not care wjaty the CCP knows about me, happy to send them as many butthole or dick pics photos as they want.

What concerns me is the invasiness of my own national government and its asshole FiveEyes conspirators. They can take my liberty. Those bastards I trust not one inch.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I'm much more worried about someone in my country spying on me then China, like what are they gonna do from the other side of the world?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

I don't know why everyone stopped talking about how TT it's spyware, security researchers were out of their mind few years ago

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[–] Goodie 42 points 3 months ago

The same as what happened when vine shut down.

Take their follows as best as they can to another platform. Continue on.

[–] atrielienz 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Other platforms exist. I'm sure they'll be fine.

[–] TheMinions 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I was under the impression that the TT creator fund was very minimal anyway. Or at least it was gutted recently and used to be somewhat okay.

[–] PunnyName 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

A lot of people exclusively use TT for business, via the TT store, which isn't implemented in other platforms (many of which users don't trust). They'll have a rough go of it if they don't diversify.

[–] FinalRemix 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Then those people are idiots.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought they mostly made money through sponsorships rather than direct payments.

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[–] z00s 38 points 3 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago

Who the fuck cares lmao

[–] SomeGuy69 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

YouTube shorts are already a thing.

[–] Reddfugee42 6 points 3 months ago

Once they get an algorithm that isn't absolute shit, bam we'll be good

[–] NorthWestWind 21 points 3 months ago

Find a job?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Probably move on to YouTube Shorts or Instagram reels. I don't have Instagram but the YT Shorts are basically just TikTok crossposts anyway.

Ideally Pixelfed would win but that's very hopeful, a lot of the creators are expecting to be paid.

There's too much money to be made with the format for it to die yet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (6 children)

YT Shorts are basically just TikTok crossposts anyway

Hey that's not true! Some of them a small clips from longer main videos.

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[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] FmbyMF 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Probably become nordVPN subscribers.

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[–] BigMikeInAustin 19 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Better question: Will the world rejoice in having a social media network without Americans?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Switch to ig reels or yt shorts

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

They'll move to TokTik by DanceByte by the week's end.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Same thing that happened to the Chinese creators on Youtube despite it being banned in China, I presume.

[–] BigMikeInAustin 11 points 3 months ago

Think of all the Russian jobs spreading misinformation on Tik Tok that will be lost!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

They’ll just move on to the next available platform.

[–] bitchkat 8 points 3 months ago

I don't care. Du U?

[–] RizzRustbolt 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

They will have to work

[–] cosmicrookie 5 points 3 months ago

They will cease to exist

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