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There are a million startups chomping at the bit to create or have their existing app become the TikTok replacement in the event it does get banned.

This is the nature of American Capitalism. A monopolistic entity is broken up for this reason or that thereby making way for competition. According to all those economists, competition is good and breeds innovation.

I don’t have a problem with this. Next go for Google, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft too.

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moon@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This isn’t an anti-trust case, it’s just anti-China posturing and lobbying from Meta and friends bearing fruit. Google and Meta will fight for the users and their monopolies will grow even more menacingly bloated

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- sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well, before you declare anti-China posturing, have you considered how China treats Western social media companies? They are completely banned.
  
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  - moon@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    China takes a protectionist stance towards many industries, whereas the US claims, not entirely correctly, to be a bastion of free trade. I’m not sure US citizens want their government taking cues from the CCP either
    
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    sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The US is hugely protectionist. Started under Trump, continued under Biden.
    
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  - Eldritch@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Two wrongs don’t make a right.
    
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    sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I mean in trade disputes it often does.
    
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  - technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yep, imperialism is the same system of violent control around the globe.
    
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  - 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    And that’s no one’s business but the Chinese
    
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coarse@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Next go for Google, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft too.

That’s the thing though… they won’t.

This isn’t about competition or security. It’s about funneling profits from one nation to another.

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zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Champing at the bit (not “chomping”)

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- 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You can’t tell me what to dooo!
  
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EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I mean in all honesty if another app takes over TikTok it’ll just be Instagram reels. It’s already got a lot of cross-buy-in.

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