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Re:TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging by ravel-bar-foo on Friday October 14, 2022 @12:57AM (#33199796)
> BBC staff in London sent TikTok gifts worth $106 from another account. At the end of the livestream, the balance of the Syrian test account was $33.

So you think this is because of quantization at the level of cents in the unit of account?

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Re:TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging by view on Friday October 14, 2022 @04:06AM (#33200845)
> while the company takes up to 70% of the proceeds, a BBC investigation found.

I’m thinking it’s not possible for TikTok to take 70% of the proceeds if there’s App Store fees and sales taxes / VAT involved.

But please show me the math if I’m wrong.

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