Tik Tok yeah DO stop .....

[Deskgrunt50]

How, though? Just going offline in general? They always said they would.

On the government end, all three branches said screw you TiKTok so not sure how that falls.

Overall, though, I think this whole thing is dicey. It was bull**** how fast and simple it went bipartisianly through the whole freaking government. And now it is sketchy that Trump seems to have his paws all over it and TikTok is like, yay Trump! What are the stipulations? How much is the government going to be involved?

It was never shutting down for real at this point. It was a stunt to create a villain (despite Biden saying the ban wouldn’t be enforced) and a savior (the criminal in chief).

Pure manipulation against a “leader” who is easily manipulated and greedy. He’ll end up getting his cut when a deal is made.

And it’s another indication there won’t law that can’t be ignored and there won’t be any consequences.

The law was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. Should the law have been passed in the first place? I don’t know and I don’t really care. But it wasn’t really about stealing data, weaponization and propaganda. Because then all social media would need to be banned.

That won’t (and shouldn’t) happen. But the people of this country would be a lot less ****ing stupid if it did happen.

Not only was it a stunt, but a transparent stunt. The only mistake was they didn’t wait to restore service until noon on Monday.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Not to mention all the new users TikTok will get from the “controversy.”

 

[Roscablo]

I don't know. How does that benefit them?

In some ways this actually makes me distrust the service even though I have supported it and hated the U.S.'s handling of this whole thing. It makes me really fearful that the government now has a say in how it runs, which is kills the whole free speech thing even more.

TikTok clearly held its ground by not selling -- I honestly think part of why it passed so easily is Congress thought it would sell quickly and easily. So why is it bowing to Trump? It is weird.

 

[Roscablo]

Not to mention all the new users TikTok will get from the “controversy.”

TikTok had plenty of users anyway. That's one of the sticking points of why this was a huge deal, was just how staggering of a number of regular U.S. users there wee. It may get a few more but that will be a drop in the bucket.

I still really don't see how making this a stunt benefits them.

Again, they always said they would go dark without a resolution. They obviously got one. How shady it is is another story.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I saw the “thanks to President Trump” message and immediately deleted the app. Don’t think I’ll miss it much.

 

[Roscablo]

I saw the “thanks to President Trump” message and immediately deleted the app. Don’t think I’ll miss it much.

It bothers me a lot and I used it a lot. Maybe they are playing him too but it doesn't seem like it.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

TikTok had plenty of users anyway. That's one of the sticking points of why this was a huge deal, was just how staggering of a number of regular U.S. users there wee. It may get a few more but that will be a drop in the bucket.

I still really don't see how making this a stunt benefits them.

Again, they always said they would go dark without a resolution. They obviously got one. How shady it is is another story.

It wasn’t going to go dark. It was going to disappear from the App Store. For the immediate future there probably would have been very little change for existing users.

Trump announced he was giving them 90 days before they did the performative shut down. Now they are kissing his ass. He has 90 days to figure out how to cash in. If he can’t, he’ll probably just let it live so he can be a hero to teenagers… even though he’s the one who wanted to shut it down in the first place.

 

[DanOregon]

Trump’s Nat-Sec Pick Mike Waltz – Who Called TikTok ‘Spyware’ Last Year on Fox – Praises App as ‘Fantastic’ on CNN After Trump Vows to ‘Save’ It

Can't wait until the Moms 4 Liberty praise Trump's decision to intervene on the new anti-porn laws.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Tom Cotton looks like an even bigger assshole, so that’s good.

 

[Roscablo]

It wasn’t going to go dark. It was going to disappear from the App Store. For the immediate future there probably would have been very little change for existing users.

Trump announced he was giving them 90 days before they did the performative shut down. Now they are kissing his ass. He has 90 days to figure out how to cash in. If he can’t, he’ll probably just let it live so he can be a hero to teenagers… even though he’s the one who wanted to shut it down in the first place.

It was no secret for days, if not weeks, that they were going to go dark if there was no resolution, likely with a note or landing page saying why. I had seen it all over the place. So it was exactly as expected. The only thing that was surprising is they did it early, it was at 10:30 Eastern and not midnight.

Some other reports I saw indicated that TikTok wanted Biden to give more clarification on him supposedly saying it wouldn't be enforced so they could maybe avoid the step, but he didn't do it.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

This benefits TikTok because, real or not, they pledged loyalty to the criminal in chief. That’s all it takes. Even if there’s no sale, thus breaking the law, nothing will happen.

The national security threat the trumplicans claimed? Even if it is a threat, those rock-ribbed sooper dooper pro-American republicans won’t do anything. They won’t dare cross the criminal in chief.

And by a margin of less than 2%, voters said loud and clear in they don’t give a **** about national security. Because the biggest national security threat to this country has ever faced returns to power tomorrow.

My apologies this isn’t on the politics the thread and I’ll stop now. This is just purely political story.

 

[Roscablo]

It absolutely a political story and we've had posts on the politics page, the Supreme Court thread, and how this revived.

I actually think we're on the same page. TikTok's hands aren't clean on this and I have wanted to say on several social media posts that scream national security that the biggest national security threat is about to take office.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Still not appearing on the iOS App Store.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Tom Cotton looks like an even bigger assshole, so that’s good.

Does having three "s"s make it bigger? Asking for a friend ...

 

[dixiehack]

 

[swingline]

Tom Cotton looks like an even bigger assshole, so that’s good.

You forgot “the bobble-throated slapdick from the state of Arkansas”.

h/t CCP

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

So they’re not going to assume that the law will be set aside.

In a support document published today, Apple said it is "obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates."

Apple removed TikTok, and other ByteDance-owned apps such as CapCut and Hypic, pursuant to the law that required them to.

"Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — including TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will no longer be available for download or updates on the App Store for users in the United States starting January 19, 2025," wrote Apple.

Apple's support document also states that foreign visitors to the U.S. may have limited access to ByteDance app functionality due to the law.

iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. who already installed TikTok can no longer use the app as of late Saturday, as TikTok has made the app "temporarily unavailable." Outside of the U.S., the app remains available on the App Store and is fully functional.​

Apple Explains Why It Removed TikTok From the App Store in the U.S.

 

[MileHigh]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/business/media/amazon-tiktok-bid.html