President Biden said Friday he would support a quickly moving bipartisan bill that could ban TikTok if Congress passes the legislation. “If they pass it, I’ll sign it,” Biden told reporters …
Instagram Reels is the exact same model as tiktok, but that’s allowed to stay, because of murrica and freedom or something.
The only real concern with tiktok is the worry about data collection. But if they cared about that, then they’d pass laws on it. It’s only because it’s not a US company profiting from the data collection of their property. Sorry, I mean free citizens.
even if we did, I don’t think people would be interested in using a replacement without a recommendation algorithm that’s powered by tracking every millisecond you spend in an app in order to tailor the content to your interests.
Do we have a Fediverse alternative ready to step in if they do?
Same problem as with YouTube alternatives, hosting video files is expensive.
Instagram Reels is the exact same model as tiktok, but that’s allowed to stay, because of murrica and freedom or something.
The only real concern with tiktok is the worry about data collection. But if they cared about that, then they’d pass laws on it. It’s only because it’s not a US company profiting from the data collection of their property. Sorry, I mean free citizens.
even if we did, I don’t think people would be interested in using a replacement without a recommendation algorithm that’s powered by tracking every millisecond you spend in an app in order to tailor the content to your interests.
also, storing video is p r i c e y.
Lol if you think the Fediverse gets to exist if they implement this bill
Looks like Loops.video is here as the answer to my question https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/112104876275341474
Nothing of value is lost if TikTok goes away.
What would really happen is it’ll be sold to an American company.
Tbh as an asian, the easiest way for me to access american content is Tiktok. So i will get sad if it gets banned.
All that would happen is an American company would buy it. That is the part that makes me uncomfortable. If it’s a threat, it shouldn’t kept.