This post from @Yujiri@lemmy.ml https://yujiri.xyz/commentary/tiktok sums up my opinion
I sure as shit don’t trust it and put it in the same category of Meta’s spyware bullshit like Facebook and Instagram: Actively avoid!
Spyware garbage, I hope it will be just a fad.
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Well, in that case I just pray something bad happens to it.
Have you ever prayed the same for USA Big Tech, like YouTube that hosts pedophilic content and allows AdSense on it unapologetically? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O13G5A5w5P0
Edit: response = downvote lol
https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/insights/info-tech-companies-collecting-from-you
Talking about your Clario link, I have a hard time believing Gmail is so “data friendly” though I do not have proof to state otherwise. It has access to all emails (purchases, mailing lists, work, plane tickets etc…). If it were up to me that shit would be way higher up
They scan emails and harvest all that data amongst NSA shell corporations. That ties in, actually.
A very much needed opposition to USA Big Tech. TikTok should keep USA at its toes and the morality concerns shown by hypocrites suddenly disappear for USA Big Tech. Most of these staunch moralistic people are also from Western countries, especially Red States in USA, who have a clear conflict of interest.
Also, TikTok collecting more data than USA Big Tech companies is a myth repeatedly debunked by analysts of data collection in apps.
https://clario.co/blog/which-company-uses-most-data/
https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/insights/info-tech-companies-collecting-from-you
From my POV, the same goes for Yandex, rivaling Google in terms of search engine results, reverse image search and translation. Western surveillance hydra aka 14 Eyes and their services should be kept at bay. If you do not like competition, you just want singular technological hegemony instead of technological democracy.
