kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources saywww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareBananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·7 months agoMakes sense from a business point of view. Why sell to create a new competitor with the same technology and an impregnable market base in the USA? Better to force US competition to start from scratch.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYouTube/IG are hardly starting from scratch. But they don’t have the international reach of TikTok.
minus-squarerandao@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down9·7 months agoMakes zero sense, they would be burning whatever value they could sell if for. Only a company controlled by a government can do stupid stuff like that.
Makes sense from a business point of view. Why sell to create a new competitor with the same technology and an impregnable market base in the USA?
Better to force US competition to start from scratch.
YouTube/IG are hardly starting from scratch.
But they don’t have the international reach of TikTok.
Makes zero sense, they would be burning whatever value they could sell if for. Only a company controlled by a government can do stupid stuff like that.