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No opinion on TikTok itself as I've never used it, but I hope this wakes more people up to the fact that they're at the whim of the app gatekeepers and makes th
by Lammy 2y ago
No opinion on TikTok itself as I've never used it, but I hope this wakes more people up to the fact that they're at the whim of the app gatekeepers and makes them demand the ability to run what they want on hardware they supposedly own.
- lostlogin 2y agoHow do you propose that it works when Apple has control Molly with US law?
- Lammy 2y agoACAB
- nemothekid 2y agoNote: the “app gatekeepers” in this context is the United States Government.
- Lammy 2y agoYes, and Apple's App Store is the mechanism of that control.
- zhann_dc 2y agoHey, in the EU we don't have that crappy Apple Intelligence, but at least we have alternative App Stores. :o) Governments can go both ways!
- diebeforei485 2y agoThe mechanism of control is actually the hosting, ISP, domain registrar, etc. Oracle shut TikTok's servers down, because they didn't want to risk being fined a trillion dollars.
- DrBenCarson 2y agoUh the law specifically makes it illegal to distribute ByteDance apps Apple and Google are at the whim of Congress here
- Lammy 2y agoDon't care; doesn't supersede my right to general-purpose computing
- DrBenCarson 2y ago[flagged]
- stouset 2y agoYes, if you live in the United States, our elected government has the ability to supersede your right to general-purpose computing which is—as far as I’m aware—not in either the Constitution, the bill of rights, nor in later amendments.
- Lammy 2y agoIf not then should be. I ANAL but Feels Like™ the 4th should cover it as the computer is an extension of my Self.
- dvngnt_ 2y agocan't relate since im on android
- DrBenCarson 2y agoSame thing’s happening on the Play Store
- cruffle_duffle 2y agoCovid already proved that the government can yank your shit at their whim with absolutely no recourse on your part. It’s just nobody was paying any attention because they all lost their mind. Hopefully people wake up and see how little the government gives a shit about you or I.