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> What's he going to do when ByteDance uploads the .apk somewhere? This is a social network which gains from network effects / usage. A social network only acc
by zelly 6y ago
> What's he going to do when ByteDance uploads the .apk somewhere?
This is a social network which gains from network effects / usage. A social network only accessible to Android users is a ghetto. The vast majority of young people in America use iPhones.
The last time the majority of internet users managed to disobey the government was the heyday of torrenting and Megaupload. That's not going to happen with today's users and today's walled gardens.
- busymom0 6y agoThe ban will most likely be network based, not just App Store. So apk will probably be useless.
- akersten 6y agoHow would a network ban be enforced? TikTok doesn't even communicate directly with Chinese servers - I block connections to China on my home network, and my kids can still use TikTok on the wifi, so I'm confident there are US servers. I even more doubt that we have the infrastructure in place to do a network-level ban (whatever that would mean) for a single app. It is much easier for me to believe Google/Apple could be strong-armed or sweet-toothed into delisting the app, if it really came down to it.