• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Everyone keeps saying “Tik Toc ban,” but this is more of a ByteDance ban. If they want to sell off or spin off the business for markets outside of China, they could 100% do that.

    The product itself is not the problem.

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      8 months ago

      the product itself is not the problem

      well hold on there partner, lets not get crazy with our sweeping claims here.

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      8 months ago

      China literally does the same shit. You can open up production for sales in China but it has to be majority domestically owned.

      Not saying that I agree with it but it is kind of funny to see tankies whine about this.

    • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub
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      8 months ago

      This.

      Everyone on hexbear is too busy echo-chambering “L liberals” to actually see this for what it is.

      I’m so grateful for my frontal lobe development, without it I would’ve indulged in those conversations and lost additional brain matter trying to argue