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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by mschuster91 on Monday September 28, 2020 @04:24AM (#24614284)
There are few, if none Chinese apps that have that level of market domination TikTok has.
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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by nemetroid on Monday September 28, 2020 @08:07AM (#24615711)
And? Should there be a threshold of popularity above which you are not allowed to operate at all, but less popular apps are fine?
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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by daniellarusso on Monday September 28, 2020 @09:09AM (#24616232)
I like that idea.
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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by colejohnson66 on Monday September 28, 2020 @10:49AM (#24617211)
If the claim is TikTok exfiltrating data on US citizens, then popularity shouldn’t matter.
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