Comment by SiempreViernes
4 days ago
Some Japanese tried to buy one the these supposedly perfectly "independent private compan[ies]", and the US president said no, but that's completely different I'm sure.
4 days ago
Some Japanese tried to buy one the these supposedly perfectly "independent private compan[ies]", and the US president said no, but that's completely different I'm sure.
right instead Biden ordered US Steel to close and cease all operations, just like Beijing is doing to TikTok. /sarcasm
there is no comparison between these events
TikTok has entire RoW (excluding India) market. Assuming US only bans in US... which TBH we don't know. There's no comparison because TikTok is still massively profitable without US, whereas US Steel is still a mess without JP.
> because TikTok is still massively profitable without US
Do we know that? In almost all cases for mobile apps, the US is far and away the largest and most profitable market for any business. I'd also be surprised if the TikTok shop for example is profitable (or available?) outside the US.
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This is silly, the US is only 15% of Tiktok users.
The majority of ByteDance's users are from China. Without India, USA is around 50% of global revenue, and other markets are alot more fragmented hence smaller ecosystems.
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