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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by rvz on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:26PM (#42753592)
Did nothing to India with its 1B+ users when it was banned there 4 years ago. They just either used a VPN or just moved on.

While I disagree with the ban, I'd rather have a sensible fine just like the ones for Meta, Google (YouTube) and others. At one point it also might have temporarily saved someone's chronic addiction to the platform, then they'll just find another platform to get hooked on.

But for now nature is healing.

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by aprilthird2021 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:11AM (#42753875)
Indian users are very well versed in and used to circumventing government bans. It's a different audience
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by aucisson_masque on Sunday January 19, 2025 @01:55AM (#42754516)
American are the chicken with golden egg, you don't want to lose them. They have the biggest ad profile value.

Indian on contrary are cheap, their profile are worth close to nothing.

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