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Microsoft Said to Be in Talks to Buy TikTok, as Trump Weighs Curtailing App
- lordserch 6y agoHow does TikTok fit into Microsoft strategy?
- sbarre 6y agoMonetizing the kids
- j45 6y agoProfessionally, LinkedIn is a social media network they own. Personally, MS has also invested in Facebook. Among the young segment, TikTok could be an interesting way to explain/educate beyond social media. Microsoft has social-learning video based tools that could be similar to TikTok, or could become related. I don't work for MS, just what I see from a distance.
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- osipovas 6y agoEven among all this antitrust talk I'm imagining a world where Facebook ends up acquiring TikTok.
- thedudeabides5 6y agoHonestly, this sounds like a great outcome for everyone. Western users get assurances their privacy will be respected as much as any other western company (not great, but not Tencent levels of government interference/monitoring etc). Microsoft get's a massive jump-start into social. Consumers maintain a competitive social-media landscape. Investors in TikTok get appropriately paid. What's not to like?
- xster 6y agoCan't the same arguments be made for something like having Huawei sold to Cisco or something? i.e. it's a great outcome for everyone except the target party.
- patrickaljord 6y agoI like the apolitical aspect of TikTok, it's a breeze of fresh air and entertainment compared to other social medias. If Microsoft acquired it we could expect the same political agenda pushed on us and the same censorship we get on fb, Twitter and YouTube. Oh well, it was good while it lasted I guess.