4 ms·

I don’t get how twitter and msft could buy just the US operations of a company like tiktok... like do the developers and PMs still work in China and then twitte

I don’t get how twitter and msft could buy just the US operations of a company like tiktok... like do the developers and PMs still work in China and then twitter just helps maintain the servers. Or does the app diverge into 2 apps at that point with 2 separate dev teams?

arielm 6y ago
There are already separate apps for China and non-China users (and android is split across Europe).
- Kiro 6y ago
  > and android is split across Europe What does that mean?
  - arielm 6y ago
    There’s one app that’s available in some European countries and a separate one for others. I don’t remember the exact breakdown, but I believe one covers some of the Asian countries (where Google Play is available)
HCDevid 6y ago
Although there are separate China & non-Chinese apps, you hit the nail on the head for why a potential acquisition both has serious risk and is going to be a fire sale of TikTok given the 45-day deadline. These are issues which normally would take months to resolve at minimum and would also need a period post-close where operations were slowly separated and Bytedance was still involved for knowledge transfer. If the acquirer, can make it work, it will be the greatest tech M&A deal since Facebook acquired Instagram in terms of long-term return.