TikTok is now banned in Montana

Post by twelve40 » Sat, May 20, 2023, 3:33 AM UTC

cutemonster wrote: post #531

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data brokers like who? and what the hell would China even do with my data? or which countries is my data supposedly sold to?

One thing Xi and Putin want to do, is to manipulate you to vote for their favorite future president (or future dictator) in the US. (Don't know if you're in the US though)

Post by [deleted] » Sat, May 20, 2023, 3:45 AM UTC

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That would be a pretty considerable malinvestment considering the divisions of power and how lobbyist/special interests/ultrawealthy influences shape the American political discourse and outcomes. The whole process is a sham. It's all a very public sham, and has been, and I'm sure it's very salient to our geopolitical "opponents", and particularly those seated in the highest echelons. However, what would make sense i…

Do you not believe that the governments of Russia and China will pursue their interests at the expense of the United States? Of course they would, and it seems bananas to me that we should pretend otherwise.

Post by TeMPOraL » Sat, May 20, 2023, 8:54 AM UTC

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> so instant kill for that demographic(iphone is status symbol and most people have it so they'll not switch to android) I'd wager that if TikTok got banned in the US and Apple did not immediately follow with allowing sideloading, iPhone would quickly lose its status value in the teenage demographics. After all, status matters most when comparing equivalent goods - it's what justifies spending more for the same thing…

Ir they'd move to Instagram Reels / YouTube Shorts, which are equal products except for the user base. Bluesky is cool now because it's a gated community of privileged connected people, not because it's inherently better than Twitter.

Post by pastacacioepepe » Sat, May 20, 2023, 9:54 AM UTC

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It must be hard to have opinions so fragile that they can't stand a discussion.

There you go. You have way too much time, reply to every comment. Typical.

Post by archibaldJ » Sat, May 20, 2023, 11:58 AM UTC

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I live in a country where such a ban on certain "enemy" social networks was implemented a few years ago. What will happen is this. Teens will download a shit ton of VPN applications, the vast majority of which are specifically produced and marketed by the enemy to circumvent said ban. Then all users' phone traffic gets routed via the enemy VPN instead of just the social app's requests. Win-win for both sides: - the g…