The ideal scenario isn't the government forcing a sale of TikTok for political reasons. The ideal is that people stop using TikTok because they realize it's not good for them, but I guess I don't see that happening. Instead we'll just continue scrolling while wondering why we're so unhappy and angry all the time.

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nostrademons 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I had heard that the existing TikTok app will shut down in the U.S, with the investment consortium launching a new TikTok US app and re-training the algorithm on U.S. users only. If this is true, it might have the same effect: speedbumps where users have to download a new app and lose all their personalization often lead to massive drops in userbase, as they figure that if they have to start from scratch anyway, they might as well start from scratch doing something else.

	▲	dboreham 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They (Andressen et al) won't do it that way.

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xnx 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> The ideal is that people stop using ______

Fill in the blank with whatever you find personally disagreeable: TikTok, alcohol, sports gambling, hallucinogens, video games, cigars, sugary foods, etc.

	▲	estimator7292 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Some things are objectively bad with no space for interpretation or personal opinion.

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sentinelsignal 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unfortunately you're right. Including the last part.

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Rebuff5007 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

IMO the ideal is incredibly strong data privacy laws such that it does not matter if consumer products are owned by a rich guy in Mountain View or Abu Dhabi.

	▲	AdamN 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Privacy (a big issue) is the least of our problems with media ownership by hyper-elite royalty.