Comment by kklisura

Comment by kklisura 4 days ago

4 replies

No, no, you can't do that. Than they'll come after you and claim how you're not free, you don't support free market and whatnot. Banning is tool for them, but not for you.

seventytwo 4 days ago

Any country is free to do this.

  • kurthr 4 days ago

    TikTok is literally banned in China (along with YouTube, Facebook, Insta, etc, etc).

    • Kbelicius 3 days ago

      Is it banned or is it just not available due to the owners already having an app that does the same thing (douyin)?

      • kurthr 3 days ago

        Yes, it's region banned (not just by IP so VPNs don't even really work well). You'll get a 404, if you try connecting, and your packet rate won't support video through a VPN. Note that it's also banned in HK and India and parts of Europe so it's not really anything new to ban it when you're talking about almost half the world's population.

        Couldn't people just say "but Instagram" is just TikTok? Is it really the "same thing" just, because the same people have control, if the algos, servers, content, moderation/censorship, and promotion are different? Like BlueSky, Twitter, and TruthCentral are all the same thing? Or if we want the "same company" company Allo and Hangouts? I mean everyone loved Allo, right, you can have that one.