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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by JumpCrisscross on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:01AM (#42739191)
> yet Russian apps are in our app stores

Major social media apps? Chinese apps are still in our app stores, just not TikTok (as of Sunday).

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by Zigurd on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:32PM (#42740869)
It took me less than 15 seconds to find that VK, which is a major social media app in Russia, is in the Google Play store.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by gkbrk on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:57PM (#42741194)
Compared to Tiktok with ~100 million American users, VK is essentially irrelevant and not even worth wasting court time about.
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