▲ 607 ▼ US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 334 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] kadu@lemmy.world -32 points 2 years ago* (7 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 38 points 2 years ago I can't order Jimmy John's on my work computer anymore. Why? Because tiktok is blocked on our work network. What does tiktok have to do with Jimmy John's? Well I would have thought nothing expect it won't let you set your delivery option unless it's allowed to send data to analytics.tiktok.com. Why is a God damn sandwich shop sending my location to tiktok? No idea, but it's definitely not just the video app that's the problem. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) I dunno what hill you’re trying to die on here. A stupid dancing app that provides a data collection platform by a foreign surveillance state is a plot on the Orville. Nobody is concerned with it competing with Google, Apple orYouTube. It’s so off-base. Google sucks anyway. If people are searching on TikTok it’s because it’s giving better results for them than Google. It’s about who is collecting the data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] kadu@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago No, I think it sets a bad precedent. I don’t think TikTok should be allowed in the US (if the US decides it doesn’t want it as they’re seeming to). Taking the property is going to cause a bunch of what you mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent [–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Well if it's such a useful tool, it will do just fine in China, right? No biggie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] kadu@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pycorax@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Isn't this in some way the same as how China bans a number of foreign companies from operating? I don't think doing the exact same thing is entirely fair but when others aren't playing by the same rules, it's a lot less black and white. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 38 points 2 years ago I can't order Jimmy John's on my work computer anymore. Why? Because tiktok is blocked on our work network. What does tiktok have to do with Jimmy John's? Well I would have thought nothing expect it won't let you set your delivery option unless it's allowed to send data to analytics.tiktok.com. Why is a God damn sandwich shop sending my location to tiktok? No idea, but it's definitely not just the video app that's the problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) I dunno what hill you’re trying to die on here. A stupid dancing app that provides a data collection platform by a foreign surveillance state is a plot on the Orville. Nobody is concerned with it competing with Google, Apple orYouTube. It’s so off-base. Google sucks anyway. If people are searching on TikTok it’s because it’s giving better results for them than Google. It’s about who is collecting the data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] kadu@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago No, I think it sets a bad precedent. I don’t think TikTok should be allowed in the US (if the US decides it doesn’t want it as they’re seeming to). Taking the property is going to cause a bunch of what you mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] kadu@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago No, I think it sets a bad precedent. I don’t think TikTok should be allowed in the US (if the US decides it doesn’t want it as they’re seeming to). Taking the property is going to cause a bunch of what you mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago No, I think it sets a bad precedent. I don’t think TikTok should be allowed in the US (if the US decides it doesn’t want it as they’re seeming to). Taking the property is going to cause a bunch of what you mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Well if it's such a useful tool, it will do just fine in China, right? No biggie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] kadu@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pycorax@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Isn't this in some way the same as how China bans a number of foreign companies from operating? I don't think doing the exact same thing is entirely fair but when others aren't playing by the same rules, it's a lot less black and white. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] kadu@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pycorax@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Isn't this in some way the same as how China bans a number of foreign companies from operating? I don't think doing the exact same thing is entirely fair but when others aren't playing by the same rules, it's a lot less black and white. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Isn't this in some way the same as how China bans a number of foreign companies from operating? I don't think doing the exact same thing is entirely fair but when others aren't playing by the same rules, it's a lot less black and white. permalink fedilink source parent