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That's one way to avoid a US ban.
by bitxbitxbitcoin 6y ago
That's one way to avoid a US ban.
- clashmeifyoucan 6y agoyeah and I guess it makes sense in the aspect that they're trying to survive however they can.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoThat seems like a bit of an overreaction on the company’s part though, doesn’t it? It’s not at all clear that the president had a legal avenue to ban the service, and he has certainly said a lot of outlandish things that don’t come to pass.
- rydre 6y ago[deleted]
- TMWNN 6y ago>Better to throw away the US TikTok company at this point. It's clear the American general public, Trump and US government does not like dominant foreign social media companies in the US. This would not be happening were TikTok German, French, British, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, etc. Just Chinese and Russian.
- clashmeifyoucan 6y agoIt seems less about the app itself than it does about China. It's so passive aggressive it reminds me of middle school.
- ecf 6y agoThis is what a lot companies who do business in China have to go through. For example, Activision-Blizzard are pretty much fully separated from The9, which is the only authorized distributor for World of Warcraft in China. Edit: Apologies, the source I was looking at was outdated and NetEase is the current distributor for WoW in China.
- bzb3 6y agoThe9 stopped distributing wow in China in 2009.
- ecf 6y agoYou’re totally right, edited my post with this info. Thanks!
- puranjay 6y agoBut unlike China, America fashions itself as a bastion of capitalism. Borrowing Chinese practices seems a little antithetical to everything I see America as
- dragonwriter 6y ago> But unlike China, America fashions itself as a bastion of capitalism. Borrowing Chinese practices seems a little antithetical to everything I see America as China is approaching fascism from the Lenin-Stalin-Maoist “Communist” side, the US from the mixed economy welfare state side. That they should be increasingly borrowing unpleasant tactics from each other is unsurprising, even if contrary to the image each side tries to project for propaganda purposes. The US hasn't yet quite established unquestioned control of the faction working to implement fascism, so has a better chance of changing course in the near future.
- fermienrico 6y agoAmerica has been acting neutral for last decades, especially last 15 years where China has asymmetrically taken advantage of American companies. China is getting a taste of their own medicine and I am fine with that.
- puranjay 6y agoThis is essentially admitting that the free market lost and doesn't work anymore. Because the free market has clearly decided that it likes TikTok, even enough to share its data with the company. I don't think people realize how significant this might be.
- fiblye 6y agoEven if they were honest and absolutely no data ever went back to China after this (not likely), that’s still billions flowing right back to a Chinese company straight out of America if they’re purchased. If Trump is sincere about his America first claims, he’d have a good reason to ban it and make the product worthless regardless.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThere are billions flowing between China and the US for all sorts of reasons. I've seen arguments that complete divestment from China is the morally right thing to do, but it's hard to imagine how it could be economically advantageous for the US from an "America first" perspective.