kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources saywww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1400arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1392arrow-down1external-linkByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources saywww.reuters.comkinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·1 year agoMakes sense from a business point of view. Why sell to create a new competitor with the same technology and an impregnable market base in the USA? Better to force US competition to start from scratch.
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoFor money. Whoever buys it has to pay you for it. Shutting down just means leaving a gaping hole in American social media that some other company will fill and you’ll be in the same position but with less money.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYouTube/IG are hardly starting from scratch. But they don’t have the international reach of TikTok.
Makes sense from a business point of view. Why sell to create a new competitor with the same technology and an impregnable market base in the USA?
Better to force US competition to start from scratch.
For money. Whoever buys it has to pay you for it. Shutting down just means leaving a gaping hole in American social media that some other company will fill and you’ll be in the same position but with less money.
YouTube/IG are hardly starting from scratch.
But they don’t have the international reach of TikTok.
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