On a technical level, how is TikTok being blocked/banned in the US?
Can I still sideload the app to my phone? Is it only being banned from the two big app stores? Is there a penalty for being found in possession of the software on US soil?
On a technical level, how is TikTok being blocked/banned in the US?
Can I still sideload the app to my phone? Is it only being banned from the two big app stores? Is there a penalty for being found in possession of the software on US soil?
I believe I read that the ban prohibited new downloads but wouldn’t stop existing users from continuing to use, however the parent company kinda put a middle finger up and said they would stop service in the US completely, probably by IP/geofencing? Take with grain of salt.
Yeah. ByteDance, the owners, are choosing to block US users to kick up the maximum fuss possible. From my understanding they didn’t need to, they just risked withering away because there would be no new users.
To be honest, I’m surprised they care as much as they seem to- the US is such a small percentage of their potential user base. If my app lost 5% of my potential new users I’d be curious why, but I probably wouldn’t put any effort into getting them back.
That sounds like self harm
They know that Trump will make a fuss about it next week and release the ban, blaming the Dems, so that people forget the China tariffs he has been talking all campaign.
Trump is so predictable that these totalitarian governments play him like a fiddle.
Yeah, they won’t geofence. Still money to be made from existing US users. And no one puts principles above profits.
Governments do.
Hmm. I’m gonna install it then never use it again lol