Why TikTok's first week of American ownership was a disaster

theguardian.com

10 pointsn1b0m4 comments

How is it a disaster? They still control the app, and now they can adjust the algorithms to dampen down on discourse they don't want. So what if they lose a chunk of the audience, they can force a sale of whatever app those people move to too.

Less users = less money the owners are making.

What if people are moving to "No App"? Social media is becoming uncool, especially with all the government involvement lately. I wouldn't bet a small sum that many of those quitting Tiktok are done with social media.

"No App" is still a completely acceptable result, they didn't buy tiktok to make money, they did it to stop people talking about things that the owners disagree with.

I feel like Oracle and the involved parties of the sale are expecting to make money from the transaction over time.

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