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It will destroy TikTok, the company owned by ByteDance, which would achieve the same effect. Given how unprecedented it would be for the US to try to set up its
by calgarymicro 4y ago
It will destroy TikTok, the company owned by ByteDance, which would achieve the same effect. Given how unprecedented it would be for the US to try to set up its own 'great firewall', I imagine they view hitting the corporate entity as the easier path.
In any case, in order to put TikTok on the App Store, they have to pay to join the Apple Developer program; Apple would be prohibited from taking the money if TikTok was designated a national security threat. The same might even go for facilitating the installation of TikTok via the App Store.