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[-] Album@lemmy.ca 91 points 7 months ago

It's almost like making money is not the primary purpose of this website ๐Ÿค”

[-] whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 7 months ago

Or ... maybe the US isn't the only country in the world?

[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Lmao yeah OK ๐Ÿ‘. Name any other country.

[-] Album@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago
[-] whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's not worth anything, your argument was that the US being such a small percentage of tiktoks userbase meant that the American market is only worthwhile to TikTok as a spying tool. Which does not make any sense.

I'm saying that tiktok has other markets in other countries, and the US only represents a small part of their global reach, so of course tiktok would only be a small percentage of their userbase.

[-] Buttons@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

I've always wondered what would happen if ByteDance sells TikTok for $5 to a US Citizen who frequently visits China for lavish vacations, and that US Citizen decide to keep all the algorithms the same.

If China has an ulterior motive with TIkTok, can't they just find a US Citizen to carry out their ulterior motive?

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

No. The bill is quite specific about that.

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