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So what happens from the practical point of view? Is the government going to delete an app from the phones of 80 million people? Really curious to see this one.

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It would be a legal request via Apple.

But from a truly practical point of view, TikTok will just end up replaced by a homegrown version. The real question is, who's homegrown version will be the winner?

I believe FB and Snap are both privately working on a replacement. Not sure about others.

I haven't used it so I don't actually know, but what does TikTok do that most of the other existing video apps that TikTok eclipsed didn't already (or don't now) do?

It's recommendation system is way better. In particular, it lets you tell it "I don't want to see more videos like this", and does a decent job of sticking to that.

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