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Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Amazon wants to buy TikTok

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Amazon wants to buy TikTok

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Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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But it's not being taken seriously. TikTok's future in the US is once again uncertain. On April 5, President Trump's extension to the 'sell or be banned'...
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  • tfm@europe.pub
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    2 months ago

    The anti trust system has failed completely.

    • PostaL@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Like the rest of the system is in any kind of food shape…

    • PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Of course. But on the other hand: Who else would?

      It’s not like Bob from Des Moines is going to find $100 billion behind the sofa cushions to buy it. There aren’t that many companies with much higher valuations.

      • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Oracle has been the most involved player for TikTok up to this point. Trump has also floated the idea of being government-owned.

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          They want to privatize the post office but make TikTok government owned… JFC…

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            So they can use it to spread right wing bollocks, cause at the minute it’s (probably) a little bit of everything.

            It’s fucked up, and I had to read that twice, but it’s not really surprising.

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              It’s the only big social media not regime controled.
              (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3QDPRWPUg)

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            Government owned under Musk. Basically Musk wants to control it while we pay for it.

            Disgusting.

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          Oracle would be worse…

          • ebolapie@lemmy.world
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            No no, look what they did with Sun.

            • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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              Yup, expect paywalls, lock-in, and relentless profit-maximization.

              The silver lining is that they seem to care more about your wallet than your data, though they’ll hoover up both if given the chance.

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    That went really well with Twitch didn’t it…

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    Every billionaire competing to buy the world’s biggest megaphones…

  • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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    Bezos wants his own X…

  • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
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    So after buying WaPo, bezos wants in on social media. Got to pump out the propaganda where the kids are

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      Already has twitch

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    It doesn’t matter who the hell wants to buy TikTok if ByteDance still doesn’t want to sell.

    I don’t know why we keep having these sorts of conversations when they’ve signalled they have no intent to give in to the demands of the US.

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      Exactly, Bytedance is a lot more than TikTok and even then, the US users are neglectable.
      They’ll probably ban it in the end.
      Can’t have information not controled by the regime.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3QDPRWPUg

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