As a heavy tiktok user I would probably only use this if it had an algorithmic feed.
As a heavy tiktok user I would probably only use this if it had an algorithmic feed.
The article talks about why they’d prefer to shut down if you take their word it. Essentially the US is such a tiny portion of ByteDances revenue, it would be more optimal to shut down then to risk the sale of their algorithm. Assuming they’re using relatively similar algorithms on Douyin, and they don’t want whoever they sell to to turn around and sell to their Chinese competition, which is where the real money is being made for ByteDance.
The can very easily apply to every single social media.
China <> US relations have actually been at a much better place this last half a year. This articles pretty big on the fear mongering.