Apple and Google face mounting pressure to remove TikTok from app stores

Re:Apple and Google face mounting pressure to remove TikTok ... by thefrozenone on Friday February 03, 2023 @04:19PM (#34647855)

TikTok is being singled out for having uniquely bad data practices, which is true, but banning a single app won't solve the larger problem. This 1-off is a distraction from Congress's inability to pass real data protection legislation, and will only serve to benefit Reels and Shorts (not smaller competitiors, nor consumers).

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Re:Apple and Google face mounting pressure to remove TikTok ... by AbrahamParangi on Friday February 03, 2023 @06:49PM (#34649544)

TikTok is being singled out because it’s controlled by an adversarial government which the US may very well go to war with in the near future.

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Re:Apple and Google face mounting pressure to remove TikTok ... by dvngnt_ on Saturday February 04, 2023 @05:10PM (#34658929)

if America goes to war with China then we're all dead

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Re:Apple and Google face mounting pressure to remove TikTok ... by AbrahamParangi on Sunday February 05, 2023 @01:05PM (#34667129)

Not to be overly pedantic but China does not have the capabilities to inflict damage to the U.S. commensurate with U.S. nuclear capabilities.

I believe this implies that escalation would be limited and probably wouldn’t involve substantial incursions into either mainland China or the U.S.

The scale of consequences of a nuclear exchange with Russia remains much more worrying at the present time.

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Re:Apple and Google face mounting pressure to remove TikTok ... by XCSme on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @07:02PM (#34717645)

So the U.S. nukes aren't "Made in China"?

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