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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by cg5280 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @12:42PM (#42714275)
Didn't something similar happen with Grindr? It was Chinese owned and sold without nearly as much excitement. Given the inevitable bidding war from multiple interested parties I would be surprised if they couldn't get a fair price for TikTok
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by kridsdale1 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:38PM (#42717427)
China didn’t need to fight to keep Grindr because all the value from the acquisition was realized as soon as they ran a database query to compile a list of closeted Republican senators. No need to hold on once you got the spy treasure.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by lupire on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @06:32PM (#42718763)
What about future senators?
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by patmcc on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:09PM (#42720610)
Senators have to be at minimum 30, more commonly 50+.

Anyone that's going to be a senator in the next 12 years (at minimum) is already on Grindr if they were ever going to be.

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