True, but they have both operated independently & incredibly successfully with full support from Microsoft’s leadership.
If TikTok had a future, it was at Microsoft.
And Microsoft has a pretty successful consumer products division -- not the cash cow that enterprise sales are to them, but they do have consumer products. Including the Xbox division, which targets a lot of the market that TikTok does. Exactly what direct-to-consumer business targeting people in their teens/early 20s does Oracle have?
> Exactly what direct-to-consumer business targeting people in their teens/early 20s does Oracle have?
Ah, but therein lies the genius of the purchase.
In 40 years, the current TikTok userbase will be technology-hating, risk-adverse VPs -- a prime Oracle demographic.
They're just getting in early.
Speaking of which, I remember when my friends thought Minecraft was going to die because Microsoft bought Mojang.
Speaking of which, I remember when I thought Minecraft andead because Microsoft bought them.d Mojang were