Walmart Joins Talks to Buy TikTok

Re:Walmart Joins Talks to Buy TikTok by game_the0ry on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:01PM (#24297312)

They want the data.

"MMMM that sweet, sweet user data mmmm yummmmyyy" - said some corporate middle manager at ${megaTechCorp}.

Especially young people. Corporate America can't figure out young people.

Of course whether or not that data can be successfully leveraged into profits is another story.

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Re:Walmart Joins Talks to Buy TikTok by derision on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:02PM (#24297324)

Walmart is a mega tech corp?

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Re:Walmart Joins Talks to Buy TikTok by game_the0ry on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:11PM (#24297430)

I think Walmart is making an honest investment in tech. They have some solid open source tools (Hapi.js, Electrode) and they have Walmart Labs / Kosmix.

Now potentially acquiring tiktok.

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Re:Walmart Joins Talks to Buy TikTok by shitlord on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:32PM (#24297679)

Walmart also purchased Jet.com and Bonobos. They're catching up to Amazon, and even beating them in some ways (their pickup/delivery service has way more inventory than AmazonFresh).

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