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Ironic how the EU comes out on top for acknowledging sideloading as a fundamental feature of smartphones. It will take the "it's a series of tubes" guys quite s

Ironic how the EU comes out on top for acknowledging sideloading as a fundamental feature of smartphones. It will take the "it's a series of tubes" guys quite some time to figure that one out.

seanmcdirmid 2y ago
I think the main problem will be TikTok to conduct business in America, charge for ads to target American users and pay American content providers. It’s just a free app if they can’t earn money on it.
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  God, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it’s the perfect use case for crypto to avoid US payment rail controls. Get a16z on the phone, he said with less sarcasm than one would expect.
  - seanmcdirmid 2y ago
    Using crypto doesn’t somehow make you immune to prosecution. If the government says TikTok is banned, no company’s chief counsel is going to suggest getting around the ban by using bitcoin.
    - toomuchtodo 2y ago
      It took forever for the US to do anything about Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb breaking the law. In a post competency, low regulation environment we’re entering, it makes sense to explore creative solutions to extend runway imho (vs immediately folding).
      - mrbombastic 2y ago
        I would argue the lack of action against those was due to lack of political will. At least at the beginning many saw Uber and Airbnb as net positives, American led innovators offering competition to hotels and taxi cartels. TikTok on the other hand is getting hammered by both sides of the aisle. the incoming admin has its contradictions but has been pretty pro tariff / anti Chinese competition so I am not sure games like that are going to play much but we shall see.
        mrbombastic 2y ago
        I can’t edit this now but I see Trump has changed his tune on TikTok in another comment, so maybe they will have better luck.
        toomuchtodo 2y ago
        https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/22/trump-says-he-wants-to-keep-tiktok-around-for-a-little-while/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/22/trump-says-he-wants-to-kee... https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-says-it-could-be-worth-keeping-tiktok-us-little-while-2024-12-22/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-says-it-could-be-wo... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cre7vdz4npzo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cre7vdz4npzo
      - gretch 2y ago
        > It took forever for the US to do anything about Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb breaking the law. And yet look how fast tik tok was banned.

Ironic how the EU comes out on top for acknowledging sideloading as a fundamental feature of smartphones. It will take the "it's a series of tubes" guys quite some time to figure that one out.

seanmcdirmid 2y ago

I think the main problem will be TikTok to conduct business in America, charge for ads to target American users and pay American content providers. It’s just a free app if they can’t earn money on it.

toomuchtodo 2y ago
God, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it’s the perfect use case for crypto to avoid US payment rail controls. Get a16z on the phone, he said with less sarcasm than one would expect.
- seanmcdirmid 2y ago
  Using crypto doesn’t somehow make you immune to prosecution. If the government says TikTok is banned, no company’s chief counsel is going to suggest getting around the ban by using bitcoin.
  - toomuchtodo 2y ago
    It took forever for the US to do anything about Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb breaking the law. In a post competency, low regulation environment we’re entering, it makes sense to explore creative solutions to extend runway imho (vs immediately folding).
    - mrbombastic 2y ago
      I would argue the lack of action against those was due to lack of political will. At least at the beginning many saw Uber and Airbnb as net positives, American led innovators offering competition to hotels and taxi cartels. TikTok on the other hand is getting hammered by both sides of the aisle. the incoming admin has its contradictions but has been pretty pro tariff / anti Chinese competition so I am not sure games like that are going to play much but we shall see.
      - mrbombastic 2y ago
        I can’t edit this now but I see Trump has changed his tune on TikTok in another comment, so maybe they will have better luck.
        toomuchtodo 2y ago
        https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/22/trump-says-he-wants-to-keep-tiktok-around-for-a-little-while/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/22/trump-says-he-wants-to-kee... https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-says-it-could-be-worth-keeping-tiktok-us-little-while-2024-12-22/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-says-it-could-be-wo... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cre7vdz4npzo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cre7vdz4npzo
    - gretch 2y ago
      > It took forever for the US to do anything about Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb breaking the law. And yet look how fast tik tok was banned.