Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok

• jaschen@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup, vine ripoff with the same monetization issue

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    • jaschen@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Case in point. Vine literally can’t survive and so shouldn’t TikTok. Unless of course it’s getting propped up by a government with endless funds and not focused on profits.

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      • retrieval4558@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why are you so convinced that an advertising platform that a 1/3rd of the country is glued to is unsustainable. And that’s ignoring the rest of the world, which is the majority of their user base.

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      • jorp@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What’s the connection between Uber and China, then? I thought it was somewhat common for tech companies to be unprofitable for very long periods of time backed only by capital, but it may be China. Has anyone looked into this? Does Xi know what I like to order on weekends? Why haven’t we banned this yet

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• Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is Chinese tiktok different than that in the states then?

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  • AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, it’s literally a different app in China.

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      • AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s the same thing, the international one was called TikTok and the US version is handled by Oracle

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• jumjummy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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