Where do y’all stand on TikTok?

[mrbigstuff]

Just another slow motion Chinese takeover of our world.

And on the radio I just heard that 170 million Americans use it. Yikes, it's all over.

[RAMd®d]

I don't like it.

A friend sends me stuff from them all the time.

Sometimes I click, mostly I don't.

I don't think it's a great place to dwell, based on what he's sent me, and the fact that many old folks feel it's where and how to 'reach' young people.

[RgrF]

If TicTaK doesn't track you Uncle Sam will and if Unk doesn't Zuke will and if Zuke doesn't Elon will and if the Ruskies don't track you then the aiDEF will and of they don't Ye Olde English Plagerism Society will and if they don't the Yet to Be Named Something or Other will be auditing your dreams before you have them so....




...not to worry!

[dk62]

gadje wrote:
China bans Google and Facebook.

Why should we allow Chinese Apps on your Phone?

Because we are not supposed to be ruled by the likes of CCP?

The government should be able to ban use by government employees, but to ban an app for everyone? At which point are we becoming a full censorship nation? If we allow Fox News, why did we ban RT? Should not people be well informed about caveats and then decide what to use?

Alternatively, I am all for EU-like regulations, where the public is being protected from everyone, not only from the players the government decides to censor at a particular moment in time while coddling domestic players.

[Acer]

Rarely I check in for a viral video I hear about elsewhere. That's about it.

[RAMd®d]

Yeah, so many entities are tracking us, why not one more, what's it gonna hurt.

How could that possibly go wrong.

[NewtonMP2100]

....usually just stand......on my two feet....

[vision63]

While I may not like it, I wouldn't want people that do like it to suffer its loss.

[Spock]

vision63 wrote:
While I may not like it, I wouldn't want people that do like it to suffer its loss.

You could say the same for crack cocaine.

[$tevie]

Frankly, I think this is just innate racism and xenophobia, exacerbated by the fact that China is a pretty shitty country. But I don't think the danger is any worse than the danger we face every day from every other app in the world. Is it really worse for the Chinese to know you went to Kroger's than it is for Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Samsung, NextDoor, AT&T, Amazon, Walmart, and Candy Crush to know you went to Kroger's?