• Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People love to repeat this, but US companies aren’t coming from a place of hostile intent like china’s special brand of tik tok for the states.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not so sure about that, they seem pretty hostile to consumers and employees.

    • endhits@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They’re both focused on profit. The only reason you see the other one as scary is because it’s owned by the scary scary Chinese. Red scare all over again.

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        1 year ago

        No tiktok is not focused on profit. It literally has one of the worst/non existent monetization systems.

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          1 year ago

          Because the USA strong armed them into giving their platform handling to Oracle Corp, a top tier US govt contractor.

          But since pro-palestine cries can’t be silenced on TikTok as easily as Zio media, taking control of the platform is no longer enough

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        1 year ago

        You say “red scare” as if China isn’t a hostile nation state to the US. Go look at western company penetration in China if you want. Are you calling it “western scare” when China blocks yet another western company? I didn’t think so.