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Yeah, this surprised me too. As sceptical as I am of TikTok and its "I can't believe it's not malware" approach to privacy I feel a bit sorry for the poor sods actually developing it. Oracle are going to beat the world record for deepest borehole with how hard they'll run the app into the ground.

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Can't wait to see how they spin it as some overpriced enterprise software while it fades into irrelevancy! /s

I don't think you need the /s tag there, that's exactly what I expect to happen.

I really don't understand what Ellison is trying to accomplish here? Aside from making more money, of course, but I'd be hard pressed to think of a less synergistic combo than Oracle's aging dinosaur enterprises and TikTok's fickle teenagers.

> I really don't understand what Ellison is trying to accomplish here?

Appeasing Trump?

> Aside from making more money, of course

He can push Trump to lower the price, with the force of the United States Government behind it, then flip it to Microsoft for twice the price in 3 months when Trump loses the election.

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