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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 72 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

He's not even president yet and TikTok went offline voluntarily. No one but TikTok has done anything regarding the ban, and all they did was flip a switch off then back on. More young folk than I thought are very skeptical or even staying off it because they rightfully distrust Trump. It's like they chose the devil they didn't know to get away from the devil they did, and now both devils are there. Im sure many will stay however.

[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You have too much faith.

Most won't stay away. Most are deeply and horribly addicted. They faced their withdrawal symptoms for one day. They get got their next hit and now they're in deeper than ever before.

See: Reddit API debacle

It would be a 4d chess move if they never even talked to Trump before turning it back on and thanking him.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I'm pretty sure Google and Apple both directly removed the apps from the stores since the law officially went into effect today, the company did not request them be removed. And a promise from

But otherwise, yeah.