Comment by cma

Comment by cma 20 hours ago

13 replies

The whole country had a shift though, they implemented gaming and entertainment regulations and video sites like bilibili went from $153 to a low of $8 a share.

herval 19 hours ago

China didn't go after TikTok _alone_ - they reportedly went after anything deemed too addictive, including limiting the time spent on games. It was very clearly aimed towards reducing digital addiction (which is something us in the West still try to ignore as an epidemic)

  • JumpCrisscross 19 hours ago

    > China didn't go after TikTok _alone_

    Because it was never there. Bytedance never launched TikTok in China.

    • herval 19 hours ago

      it's called Douyin. It's the same product, the same way a Mexican Coke is the same thing as an American Coke, and both are produced by the same company (Coca Cola).

      • JumpCrisscross 19 hours ago

        > it's called Douyin. It's the same product

        It’s a similar product. We don’t have any server-side code so we don’t know.

      • ruthmarx 19 hours ago

        Mexican Coke is different though. It doesn't use HFCS.