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I think that considering TikTok's shop feature, it would be, but to me the dictionary definition of "the business of buying and selling commodities, products, o
by sodality2 2y ago
I think that considering TikTok's shop feature, it would be, but to me the dictionary definition of "the business of buying and selling commodities, products, or services; commerce" wouldn't apply to a free social media app otherwise. It lacks the critical transactional nature.
- TulliusCicero 2y ago> It lacks the critical transactional nature. I'm sorry, what? You realize they're still making money off you, right? I don't think "if the product is free, then you are the product" is 100% right, but it's not entirely wrong either. A business' offerings being ad-supported doesn't somehow stop them from being commercial in nature. Hence: trade.
- sodality2 2y agoI guess it would be a form of countertrade of attention for content. Nonetheless I don't think a "trade" of social media content and ads should be something that is within the government's scope to ban. If TikTok was made ad-free, would that change your argument?
- TulliusCicero 2y agoThat you don't consider it trade is irrelevant. It is trade, and trade has always been within the scope of the government -- every government, really -- to regulate. > If TikTok was made ad-free, would that change your argument? I think as long as TikTok is generating revenue -- or even plans to in the future, as sometimes happens for startups -- it'd count as trade yeah.