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Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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The Android .APK files are already Java.

IIRC, but I read the TikTok app is mostly WebViews, which was a design choice to help keep it functioning in the face of an App Store ban.

IIRC TikTok is built using their own framework, https://lynxjs.org/

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

#72

So Larry Ellison just took over Paramount group which is now looking to bid for Warner Brothers and CNN. And now Ellison is going to take over TikTok. Paramount(being run by Larry Ellison's son) is looking to install the pro-israel-propagandist who has variously masqueraded as a liberal, a conservative and anti-woke free-speech champion, Bari Weiss[1] as CBS's editor-in-chief or co-president[2]. It also bears mention…

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Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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We changed the URL from https://www.reuters.com/world/china/oracle-silver-lake-conso... to the article that it points to.

dang why can't I downvote comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

#74

I think it's bad news if the US government owns Tiktok data rather than the Chinese government. Chinese government won't prosecute me. US government might. The State Department also said it would crack down on non-citizens who have made posts making light of the shooting. “In light of yesterday’s horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred…

I've come across at least one businessman who refuses to use anything but a Chinese phone he bought in china, with chinese sim card and chinese apps, for that exact reason.

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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TikTok in China is already cut off from the rest of the world. The US is just copying China's homework.

We are doing state capitalism without China’s “serve the people” bit. Hm, maybe there’s a name for that type of government, idk.

> We are doing state capitalism without China’s “serve the people” bit. Hm, maybe there’s a name for that type of government, idk.

Except China doesn't actually serve its people. Things are way more cut-throat there, with much less safety net. The Chinese government sees workers as grist for the mill, not something to be cared for.

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

#77

So Larry Ellison just took over Paramount group which is now looking to bid for Warner Brothers and CNN. And now Ellison is going to take over TikTok. Paramount(being run by Larry Ellison's son) is looking to install the pro-israel-propagandist who has variously masqueraded as a liberal, a conservative and anti-woke free-speech champion, Bari Weiss[1] as CBS's editor-in-chief or co-president[2]. It also bears mention…

Thank you for providing the media take over angle. I wish the people down voting you would explain why.

how do you know if anyone is downvoting a comment?

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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> one member designated by the US government. Why does the board of TikTok need a gov member? Is Meta going to get a gov chaperone too? And Oracle surely needs one as well. Is the gov putting out a call for board member civil servants? Like where does this person even come from?

What do you mean - the CCP has always had someone sit on the board of major companies… oh wait which country was this again?
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