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TikTok is not being banned or blocked. You will still have the right and ability to access it. What it does is block American companies from doing business with

by jibe 2y ago

TikTok is not being banned or blocked. You will still have the right and ability to access it. What it does is block American companies from doing business with TikTok; the main effect is to cut of revenue to TikTok.

Miner49er 2y ago
It's effectively a ban, that's why everyone calls it one. Most Americans use iPhones and the app store has a monopoly, there won't be any other way to install it on an iPhone.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  You know that you can use TikTok from a browser?
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- Ajedi32 2y ago
  As you seem to be well aware, that's only true on iOS, not Android. It's Apple's fault that their users can't install apps from companies that don't have a business relationship with Apple, not the government's. (Except perhaps to the extent that the government has allowed Apple to get away with having such user-freedom-destroying restrictions in the first place, but that's an entirely different discussion.)
  - segasaturn 2y ago
    It's a bit like saying Google didn't "ban" Fortnite from Android because you can still access the app thru sideloading. Ultimately if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's a duck.
    - Ajedi32 2y ago
      It's definitely banned from the App Store, and any other US business. Just not from the country, because I agree that would be a violation of US citizens' rights (Not TikTok's. They're a foreign company, not a US citizen.) and therefore unconstitutional.
  - jasonlotito 2y ago
    Technically correct and legally correct are two distinct things. Just because something is technically true doesn't mean we ignore the harsh reality in the court of law. It's a TikTok ban, and trying to "Um Actually" your way around it is ignorance at how the legal system works.
    - Ajedi32 2y ago
      The law is filled with technicalities. It's not a ban for Android users who download the app directly from TikTok, or iOS users who use the website.
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by jibe 2y ago

Miner49er 2y ago

It's effectively a ban, that's why everyone calls it one. Most Americans use iPhones and the app store has a monopoly, there won't be any other way to install it on an iPhone.

scarface_74 2y ago
You know that you can use TikTok from a browser?
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Ajedi32 2y ago
As you seem to be well aware, that's only true on iOS, not Android. It's Apple's fault that their users can't install apps from companies that don't have a business relationship with Apple, not the government's. (Except perhaps to the extent that the government has allowed Apple to get away with having such user-freedom-destroying restrictions in the first place, but that's an entirely different discussion.)
- segasaturn 2y ago
  It's a bit like saying Google didn't "ban" Fortnite from Android because you can still access the app thru sideloading. Ultimately if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's a duck.
  - Ajedi32 2y ago
    It's definitely banned from the App Store, and any other US business. Just not from the country, because I agree that would be a violation of US citizens' rights (Not TikTok's. They're a foreign company, not a US citizen.) and therefore unconstitutional.
- jasonlotito 2y ago
  Technically correct and legally correct are two distinct things. Just because something is technically true doesn't mean we ignore the harsh reality in the court of law. It's a TikTok ban, and trying to "Um Actually" your way around it is ignorance at how the legal system works.
  - Ajedi32 2y ago
    The law is filled with technicalities. It's not a ban for Android users who download the app directly from TikTok, or iOS users who use the website.

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