Re:ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50B in takeover bid
by rydre on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @09:51AM
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TikTok will serve the purpose to Chinese government that Hollywood served for America's elite. It's worth every penny for softpower.
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Re:ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50B in takeover bid
by eunos on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:08AM
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Nah there is a quite huge gap between Douyin (Chinese Tiktok) and Tiktok itself. I once out of curiosity browsed Douyin. Peculiarly, they are rather hostile with attempts to bring TikTok trends into their platform, and they showed their contempt quite clearly.
Side note: Douyin features are way ahead of TikTok. e.g. https://youtu.be/yyeO7EUciIQ