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US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah but if they sell then it's someone else stuck holding the bags so why wouldn't they?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    because its not in the corporation's interest to incur the expense and organizational disruption if they're still going to get banned anyway - profit is maximized by continuing with business as usual instead of spending resources attempting to reach compliance

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