> The executive is unilaterally deciding users cannot have an app on their phone, and that as a US citizen I cannot access APIs in another country simply because the executive has declared it.

I can understand not liking that, but it has nothing to do with free speech. This is regulating commerce.

> There's no real way to bring a "TikTok" ban into effect that doesn't constitute a massive increase of power the executive

TikTok is a company with a balance sheet to protect. They'll pull their app when told to avoid the US government taking their money. Apple and Google will also pull it from the app store. There's nothing new here.