> one of them cannot remove TikTok because everyone will flock to the other side. If Google did it, for sure, and then everyone shares how to side-load on Andr

> one of them cannot remove TikTok because everyone will flock to the other side. If Google did it, for sure, and then everyone shares how to side-load on Android. If Apple did it, I'm pretty sure you get a whole lot of complaints but little action. Apple's lack of ability to side-load or have alternate app-stores, plus their lock-in for the rest of their ecosystem makes that barrier to switching a lot higher. I think Apple would have to do something a lot bigger than banning TikTok to get a critical-mass to move off Apple devices. One of the larger messaging services perhaps - WhatsApp or Telegram or whatever's big in various regions might do it.