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TikTok is on Google Cloud. If it moved to Azure it would be one of its largest customers. This is why Microsoft wants a controlling interest but not to own it

• fomine3 6y ago
  A bit off topic but I'm just curious, why TikTok (Chinese company) uses Google Cloud? AWS/Azure is operated in China (by local company) but Google Cloud isn't.
  • rfoo 6y ago
    Because the product TikTok itself, is not targeted at users in China? TikTok is more like "Douyin International", or say, there is a separate "TikTok China" named Douyin. So whether these cloud services operates in China is irrelevant. Its China version Douyin also uses a mix of Aliyun and their own infrastructure, so ByteDance likely have plenty of experience operating in multi/hybrid cloud environment.
    • fomine3 6y ago
      I know that TikTok isn't operated in China but If I were TikTok dev, I'll think something like: adopt AWS/Azure to make possible to share code between Douyin and TikTok (just possibility, for future). I also suspect that Google Cloud's learning resource in Chinese is fewer than AWS/Azure.
      • rfoo 6y ago
        > Google Cloud's learning resource in Chinese is fewer than AWS/Azure Yes, that's true. But it's not like there are a lot of learning resources in Chinese for AWS/Azure, either. At least compared to Aliyun (Alibaba Cloud). So likely it doesn't matter.
  • balola 6y ago
    AWS is pretty much blocked in China, the China version and Azure's are what can best described as locally owned franchises.