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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 i
by 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 agoYou know that you can use TikTok from a browser?
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- Ajedi32 2y agoAs 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 agoIt'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 agoIt'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 agoTechnically 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 agoThe 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.