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PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Of course. But on the other hand: Who else would?

It’s not like Bob from Des Moines is going to find $100 billion behind the sofa cushions to buy it. There aren’t that many companies with much higher valuations.

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hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Oracle has been the most involved player for TikTok up to this point. Trump has also floated the idea of being government-owned.

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- kerrigan778@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  They want to privatize the post office but make TikTok government owned… JFC…
  
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  - IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Government owned under Musk. Basically Musk wants to control it while we pay for it.
    
    Disgusting.
    
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  - ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    So they can use it to spread right wing bollocks, cause at the minute it’s (probably) a little bit of everything.
    
    It’s fucked up, and I had to read that twice, but it’s not really surprising.
    
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    Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It’s the only big social media not regime controled.
    social media
    
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- sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Oracle would be worse…
  
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  - ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    No no, look what they did with Sun.
    
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    sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Yup, expect paywalls, lock-in, and relentless profit-maximization.
    
    The silver lining is that they seem to care more about your wallet than your data, though they’ll hoover up both if given the chance.
    
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