I remember when tiktok was getting blocked. People got pretty riled up that they didn’t have access to their propaganda app anymore.
TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture
Submitted 11 hours ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/tiktok-uninstalls-are-up-150percent-following-us-joint-venture.html
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InFerNo@lemmy.ml 17 minutes ago
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
hahahaha that’s a good one. they all are so addicted they will reinstall it in a week.
forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 2 hours ago
My life has only gotten worse since getting addicted to forums and social media. I’ve become much less productive as well. Feels bad :(
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I find it funny that millions of people had no problem with an evil foreign government like the CCP, that’s well known for collecting data for military purposes and spending mind boggling amounts on propaganda campaigns, controlling the app, but now draw the line at some Silicon Valley billionaire doing essentially the same thing.
I never liked the short content format so I never had an interest downloading TikTok, but I knew that I would never, ever download it when I learned that this Chinese app is actually banned in China. They a have a separate clone of this app that’s exclusive to China that uses a different algorithm that promotes positive and educational content. The fact that billions of people use this shitty weaponized piece of Chinese spyware is depressing, especially when the Fediverse exists.
Rooster326@programming.dev 4 hours ago
Well for starters - The United States government is kicking in doors around my area right now.
The CCP would have to travel many thousand miles to kick in my door.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
That’s a false sense of security. The CCP doesn’t need to kick down your door to weaponize your data. It should be common sense to not trust an authoritarian regime.
epicthundercat@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Respectfully, the CCP has been less of a direct threat than the US government as of late and most dont trust the government so why would they trust the propaganda? This isnt to say the CCP isnt a problem but are they as much of a direct threat to American citizens then ICE and such?.. Atm, no.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
That’s such a nonsensical take. Because you don’t trust the US government, you’re go to thought is to hand over your data to an opaque authoritarian regime like the CCP? What kind of a bullshit false dichotomy is that? Fuck that, my data is my data. It doesn’t belong to any government, corporation, or anybody who isn’t me or someone that I explicitly give consent to use my data. That’s the principled take.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
and most dont trust the government so why would they trust the propaganda?
because visually it’s not coming from the government but “independent content creators”. and regardless of who says it, people will trust propaganda that says things they want to hear, then over time, start trusting those who say that
AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
Based on recent evidence, maybe the CCP > US Government.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
that does not make them good, but fortunately we don’t have to accept either, right?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
evil forefinger government
Okay well first that typo is staying, second I used to be minorly involved in politics (by which I mean fundraising for a homeless shelter feels and smells a lot like politics even if your goals are more altruistic) and I learned one valuable thing. The right thing morally and the right thing politically are rarely the same, and when it looks like they are you should investigate closer and reevaluate because you’re probably missing something important. That’s why government is almost always evil.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I downloaded it. It’s very barren right now, no more than a few comments per post, if any. Hopefully it gains some traction
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I know it sucks but you’ve just gotta shitpost through it. No comments? Guess you gotta generate some content. We are the algorithm, and we are the bots, here on fedi.
TheMadCodger@piefed.social 8 hours ago
It was like that here when Reddit
fellcaused people to leave and look for something better. Give it time, and interact!98vesselsreptile@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Think of it as an exclusive club where your content has a higher chance of being seen by elite users
silentjohn@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
Kinda like fediverse in general. That’s the price of a non-corpo platform
sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 8 hours ago
ive poked around on there over the past year or so. not much to see and often quite broken.
hazeebabee@slrpnk.net 9 hours ago
Cool to see how much loops has grown even just in the last year. It gets more and more viable as an alternative all the time. Love seeing the fediverse continue to grow
morto@piefed.social 7 hours ago
It must be really demanding in terms of hardware and network to host video content like tiktok. I wonder if the fediverse voluntaries will be able to keep up with it if the userbase grows too much
emb@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Oof, this still isn’t up on F-Droid or either main app store. That’s a shame, I thought this moment would be a great time for Loops to get some user base, but it seems like it’s still not ready for wider adoption.
That said, it does look a lot better now than it did a few months ago when I last tried it. Here’s hoping it picks up some momentum. I finally tried TikTok last year, and was really impressed by the breadth of videos and how quickly it was able to start showing me things I enjoyed. With the recent change in ownership, I don’t know that I’ll revisit it much if at all. Would take quite a lot to replicate even a little bit of the zeitgeist TikTok had going. But like with Lemmy and Mastodon/Bsky, I’m hoping I can do my little part by choosing where to put my attention.
Gsus4@programming.dev 9 hours ago
I like it 😃
IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Good. Fuck TikTok.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Vine used to be so fun and simple.
That was fucking eons ago.
Its replacement has so many issues on many levels.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
That because Vine was designed to be fun and simple. Users only had 7 seconds to make a memorable video, and so people got really creative with it. You can’t possibly convey anything of value in such a short duration, so people just the platform for fun.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
This is now a right wing propaganda machine. I deleted awhile ago.
Several social media posts pointed to language in the new policy that describes the types of data TikTok may collect, including sensitive information such as “your racial or ethnic origin” as well as “sexual life or sexual orientation, status as transgender or nonbinary, citizenship or immigration status, or financial information.”
Despite the social media uproar, that language does not appear to be new. An archived version of the policy from August 2024 includes the same provisions.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 8 hours ago
It was always a rightwing propoganda machine, it helped Trumo get elected.
Now its 50% Blue Fascist in addition to the Red Fascist.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
China was spying on me in case I had any useful state secrets. America is spying on me because they are actively exploiting every data point in my life for profit and control.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 58 minutes ago
I always thought those who believed their data was safe because the app was China based was dumb, since Google showed that they’d comply with the Chinese government to operate in the country years ago.
So why would yet another billion dollar seeking app be different because of it being a different country when they are just as financially motivated to not protect your data but make money off you.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 48 minutes ago
Google showed that they’d comply with the Chinese government to operate in the country years ago.
Google refused, as a consequence, are blocked by the Great Firewall. Microslop bent the knee and continues to operate until China gets an alternative going.
makingrain@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Worse than spying - manipulating politics and social cohesion. Many teens have died (example: pass out challenge), right-wing governments have almost been elected out of nowhere (Romania) and mentally ill people have been preyed upon heavily.
plyth@feddit.org 2 hours ago
Worse than spying - manipulating politics and social cohesion.
Which could also be manipulation. Young TikTok watchers are only a fraction of the voters. The change in outcome could mainly be driven by excluding the right-wing candidate from the second election.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
psst hey kids. wanna try out some fediverse?
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 52 minutes ago
They use social media in hopes of becoming influencers themselves to get the bag, or follow big influencers because they have a huge emotional attachment to them.
I don’t think fediverse is going to have appeal because they aren’t in it just to have a site to have conversations or see material.
The very foundation of it having to be where the most visible and popular people are is the whole draw of social media for them. Not pseudoanonynous usernames posting comments.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Let them form their video version while we keep our text and I’ll have one less shit to flip
pimpampoom@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
I wish I could be part of this 150% but I’ve never used TikTok
oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
My siblings were debating issues with it and about how willing they were to just deal with it.
I’m just shocked at how addicted everyone is to it that it could probably say “Trump is watching all users’ front cameras while the app is open” and kids would still be like "hmmm what are the odds he watches me though?
But everybody’s a zombie.
I mean I downloaded it, back really early, to take a peek. After 15 minutes, I decided I hated the short format, and peaced out.
It seems to largely be a generational thing. Millennials are (in my perception) mostly on it just to make money, zoomers just want that crack IV drip.
Obviously this is just a trend, and there are counter examples everywhere, but that seems to be more true than not. At least from the outside looking in.
And given it’s totally obnoxious censorship rules, now I have to deal with hearing about people getting “unalived”, or “adult fun time”, and “p 3 dee oh” from creators that multistream. Even without being there, I’m forced to experience the cancer secondhand.
That’s my main problem with it. None of the other problems affect me directly much since I’ve always avoided it, but that is smeared all over my shit.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I feel old every time I share that I’ve never installed TikTok and don’t have an account.
In many ways, I feel a bit like I am still forced to use the app when interacting with the rest of social media and society. Because the damn format, and culture, and way of thinking and producing videos has seeped so deep into all aspects of our lives.
The whole mode of consuming media in an algorithmic flipbook like that weirds me out. I don’t understand how anyone can enjoy being enticed to watch videos in the way TikTok promotes.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 8 hours ago
I don’t feel old.
I just feel correct and justified in never installing a foreign weapon which exposes every contact, photo, nearby device, and message to an evil dictatorship that wants us all dead (up to 2 dictatorships now).
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 50 minutes ago
Yeah, I strayed away from tiktok and before that facebook, instagram, Twitter. Social media that encourages many users to forgo their privacy and share their faces and voices just always seemed like red flags.
Broken@lemmy.ml 3 hours ago
I feel you on that. Even not being on xyz social trend of the day you still get exposed to the mentality of it by the people that are. To some extent that’s fine, but it can get old really quickly.
I don’t want to doom scroll all day and night. I don’t want to socialize on media and follow people or have followers. Random people are not my entertainment. I don’t need my phone in my hand 24/7.
My take is that I will live my life by my culture. If people see me be me and follow my example, great. If people think I’m a weirdo, oh well I’ll just go do my own thing.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 8 hours ago
Tiktok was lit until late 2020, when they really started clamping down on subversive content at the behest of the US.
nexguy@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
We will see 100% of tiktok users uninstall. Even 200%, 300% 400% up to 500% and more including 600%. Percents like no one has seen.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 hours ago
Breaking News: TikTok user counts plummet into negative numbers!
oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Not sure if this is parody-ing a certain orangie’s math fail, or genuinely confused.
artyom@piefed.social 8 hours ago
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NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
neblem@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Meanwhile joinloops.org and joinpeertube.org keep getting better and better
Hopefully more creators will take notice and at least crosspost their content on better platforms too.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 3 hours ago
Now you can see 30 of the same reposted tiktok spam blasting low quality live music instead of 10!
Oh well I guess it doesn’t matter anyway because if you try to update the app anyway it just downloads an invalid APK lol
Butterphinger@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I think it might be because you are using an embedded browser window in whatever lemmy app you are using. When I go in through firefox mobile it looks fine.
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
What browser are you using? It works fine for me on Android Firefox. Even with JavaScript disabled.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Deleted it. My wife then naturally sent me a DM of a thing asking if I could build it cheaper. Reinstalled to see the video, then deleted again.
There are a lot of content creators there I enjoyed but c’est la vie.
TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
If you’re on iOS there are add-ins and such so that the link opens in mobile view in safari without issue.
That’s what I use to view my wife’s TikTok videos she sends me still after I deleted the app.
criticon@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
You can kinda use it to watch a single video on firefox on android, but you have to log in (that’s my experience)
JayGray91@piefed.social 6 hours ago
I never had to log in ever when looking at TikTok videos nnt friends sent. Live streams though have to log in.
allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
wait, so chinese spying is fine, but american spying is not? So why are so many people on faecesbook then?
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 34 minutes ago
Are you not aware of the people who shit on facebook? I think most reddit and reddit to lemmy users hate Facebook.
Head to pcgaming, pcmasterrace, steam deck subs and you’ll also see hate for Microsoft. Partly due to copilot, hate of online account being pushed, and being spyware.
Same for Google too with them being seen as a company that is spying on everyone which is why roms like GrapheneOS gets brought up.
Now usage is still high partly due to some people’s dependency on it for productivity, but criticism and hate is there. Even China and Russia is stuck using Microsoft among regular consumers despite them having the most reason to not trust US software.
throws_lemy@reddthat.com 3 hours ago
unlike us here, people on feacesbook and instagram never sh*t on suckerberg?
evol@lemmy.today 3 hours ago
Everyone will probs be back in a few days anyway
xc2215x@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Wow. That is a giant number. The change made was not good.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 9 hours ago
Good
It was the same brand of red fascism before and after. Algorithm and databases still in Beijing, a few days ago the backup on Oracle went online.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I feel like I remember the tankies saying something about there being no potential issues with using TikTok. Has there been any reaction in the triad?
Minimac@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
👏👏👏👏👏
khaleer@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
Lmao amount of ppl defending TikTok in the comment is funny af
D_C@sh.itjust.works 31 minutes ago
I will TicTacs to my dying day!!
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
Not surprising, since you’d need tp be willfully ignorant to have used tiktok when it first came out with all the privacy concerns even back then with the app doing weird things.
And those who use it despite that are pretty addicted to the content on it. They in the same category as those that continue to use twitter.