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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

No tiktok is not focused on profit. It literally has one of the worst/non existent monetization systems.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Yup, vine ripoff with some tweaks and the same monetization issue

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Case in point. Vine literally can't survive and so shouldn't TikTok. Unless of course it's getting propped up by a government with endless funds and not focused on profits.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are you so convinced that an advertising platform that a 1/3rd of the country is glued to is unsustainable. And that's ignoring the rest of the world, which is the majority of their user base.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

The same reason why twitter was NEVER profitable and it had more eyes glued to it. World presidents were using twitter for announcements. Never profitable.

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