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So far, Americans using RedNote have said they don't care if China has access to their data. Viral videos on TikTok in recent days have shown Americans jokingly saying they will miss their personal "Chinese spy," while others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government.
"This also highlights the fact that people are thirsty for platforms that aren't controlled by the same few oligarchs," Quintin said. "People will happily jump to another platform even if it presents new, unknown risks."
What mobile app do you use?
I've tried a few, none of them are great for various reasons. My favourite is Sync The up-vote buttons are hidden on comments. Very annoying
The default website is terrible, it looks like the social media app I built in highschool for a project. You have to click into every post to see it properly.
I use photon.lemmy.world but non tech people will give up long before finding it.
And when I introduce people to Lemmy and send them that link, some literally think it's a virus link, it looks dodgy