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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by dmix on Sunday January 19, 2025 @07:56PM (#42763831)
Even without following the letter of the law it's entirely rational behaviour for a popular market leader to foment outrage by fully blacking out services. 150 million users (in the US alone) is a very powerful political influence. Politicians frequently fold for a few thousand vocal people complaining on the internet.

It was a gambit used for net neutrality in 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Slowdown_Day

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by nightpool on Sunday January 19, 2025 @09:56PM (#42764524)
Of course it's rational behavior. Nico was the one claiming that they were just "following the law", that's what this subthread was about. If you agree that TikTok was making a political point by shutting down, then you agree with the person you're replying to.
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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by dmix on Sunday January 19, 2025 @10:54PM (#42764826)
Not everything on the internet has to be a binary argument.
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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by paulddraper on Sunday January 19, 2025 @10:14PM (#42764625)
Sure that may be smart to forward interest.

Nico argued TikTok made the minimum change required by law.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by nthingtohide on Monday January 20, 2025 @12:12AM (#42765179)
Such compromises happen between companies as well when a particular app is popular. Facebook and Uber accessing private java apis which meant Google couldn't change the internals as these apps are popular.
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