▲ 618 ▼ US can’t ban TikTok for security reasons while ignoring Temu, other apps, TikTok argues (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 150 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) I understand blocking TikTok, and China already blocks US social media sites. I don't really understand blocking a shopping app, though. TikTok are grasping at straws. Wouldn't this set a dangerous precedent? If the government blocks a shopping app, what else will they block in the future? It's a slippery slope to government censorship. China may do the same thing and block US stores, which would hurt the US economy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Shopping apps aren't really needed, I mean people could use the websites instead You could say the same thing for probably half the apps in the app stores, and yet people keep installing the apps. On iPhones, I think part of it is the fact that iOS had such poor support for PWAs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) I understand blocking TikTok, and China already blocks US social media sites. I don't really understand blocking a shopping app, though. TikTok are grasping at straws. Wouldn't this set a dangerous precedent? If the government blocks a shopping app, what else will they block in the future? It's a slippery slope to government censorship. China may do the same thing and block US stores, which would hurt the US economy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Shopping apps aren't really needed, I mean people could use the websites instead You could say the same thing for probably half the apps in the app stores, and yet people keep installing the apps. On iPhones, I think part of it is the fact that iOS had such poor support for PWAs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Shopping apps aren't really needed, I mean people could use the websites instead You could say the same thing for probably half the apps in the app stores, and yet people keep installing the apps. On iPhones, I think part of it is the fact that iOS had such poor support for PWAs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Shopping apps aren't really needed, I mean people could use the websites instead You could say the same thing for probably half the apps in the app stores, and yet people keep installing the apps. On iPhones, I think part of it is the fact that iOS had such poor support for PWAs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent