Comment by UniverseHacker

Comment by UniverseHacker 2 days ago

It sounds like they are just banning it from new installs on app stores, won't people just browse to the URL to use it?

The distinction between apps and websites seems arbitrary to me... especially since a huge fraction of apps seem to be effectively just a browser window with a single website locked in full screen.

I have never before used tiktok, but just now as an experiment I opened it in a browser and scrolled for a minute- I had no problem accessing an apparently endless stream of mostly young women jumping up and down without bras, and young men vandalizing automobiles.

curiousllama a day ago

Tik Tok said they'll fully shut down. They'd rather go dark now than have a slowly-degrading experience, since users won't be able to update the apps.

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UniverseHacker a day ago

It makes sense to shut down the app in the US immediately rather than be unable to update it- but does that necessarily mean they would also shut it down outside the US, or access directly via the website?

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hbn a day ago

Why would the experience degrade because US users are disappearing?
There are countries other than America.

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- UniverseHacker 13 hours ago
  
  > There are countries other than America
  I've heard this myth repeated a few times online, but it sounds like an urban legend to me- and is easily disproven. If other countries exist, why do all of the movies take place in America?
  How come I once walked for hours in the same direction and was still in America?
  
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- mcintyre1994 a day ago
  
  I think they just mean fully shut down in the US, as opposed to trying to serve existing US users as best they can.
  
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