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Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Trump Signals Opposition
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Re: Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Trump Signals Opposition
#12I'm applying to work at ByteDance, and this whole thing is quite interesting. I'd most likely, if I get an offer, ask if they would wait to see how this plays out. Last thing I would want to do is join a company that's having these kind of issues.
It's not likely they would give you an offer to be perfectly frank. In a very real way, they can't even know if they will have their own jobs in a month.
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#13The idea that corporations are kowtowing to a polticians individual personal wishes - rather than operating under a framework of laws and regulations based on principles and administered fairly to all - should be offensive to every single American, regardless of who the players are or their country of origin.
Re: Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Trump Signals Opposition
#14I'm applying to work at ByteDance, and this whole thing is quite interesting. I'd most likely, if I get an offer, ask if they would wait to see how this plays out. Last thing I would want to do is join a company that's having these kind of issues.
It's not likely they would give you an offer to be perfectly frank. In a very real way, they can't even know if they will have their own jobs in a month.
Not sure about that. Companies tend to offer jobs right up until a hiring freeze comes down from above. Happened to me with nVidia, and seemed to happen to a bunch of people at Magic Leap.
It might be best to accept the job offer pronto. What's the worst that happens? You have to look for another job, which is the situation you're already in.
Re: Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Trump Signals Opposition
#15How is it ok for the US president to ban a media company? How is it ok for the US president to put pressure on the owners of a company to sell to another company? This must violate > 1 article of the constitution.
Re: Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Trump Signals Opposition
#16The idea that corporations are kowtowing to a polticians individual personal wishes - rather than operating under a framework of laws and regulations based on principles and administered fairly to all - should be offensive to every single American, regardless of who the players are or their country of origin.
Perhaps they are waiting to allow government policy to create a better negotiating position.
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#17How is it ok for the US president to ban a media company? How is it ok for the US president to put pressure on the owners of a company to sell to another company? This must violate > 1 article of the constitution.
It should be challenged in court. This is a country of rule of law.
Re: Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Trump Signals Opposition
#18How is it ok for the US president to ban a media company? How is it ok for the US president to put pressure on the owners of a company to sell to another company? This must violate > 1 article of the constitution.
Why would a media company be special. This type of thing happens all the time, for example the US government banned a Chinese company from purchasing Lattice Semiconductor, the third biggest FPGA company (and really a much smaller player than the big two).
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#19This is just wild. What will happen when or if a president of a different party is elected?
I understand your question, but I'm sorry, that just sounds bush league to me. So you have to change your business to suit every political party that comes to power? That's a lot of unpredictability. How can you run a business like that?
Plus, what if elections are "postponed until a more appropriate time"? I mean, the environment would just be riddled with so much uncertainty that I'm not sure how an honest business would be able to engage in cogent decision making?
Re: Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Trump Signals Opposition
#20If Tiktok was European/Japanese/Korean/Canadian this would not happen, as those countries are free democracies and work with a similar/common rule of law
1. China doesn’t play with the same rules, and it has been proven to be a malicious player
2. They don’t allow western companies to operate freely in their country, why should we let them to?
3. The US and to a lesser degree Europe, are in a de-facto new Cold War, and informational warefare is big part of it
You can view either on the reciprocity Point of view, or data-safety point Of view, the US would be foolish/dumb to allow TikTok to flourish in the US., while American companies just can’t in China.
Now, if the US was banning an app from another western country, that would be a true scandal.
In this case they are doing the right thinks