I mean...if operating in a country meant selling your US business, you're probably not going to say "oh gods someone please buy us ๐", if you want a big payout...
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China should force Apple to sell to stop them of collecting Chinese people information for the US govt.
This just confirms the worst case scenario for me. This might be posturing, but it's far more likely ByteDance can't reveal how much command the CCP has over the data.
Well, as someone I watch online pretty much said, this could lead to other countries banning it if they don't sell (as to whether that actually happens, I can't say since I'm nowhere near qualified enough to make that call). I have my own reasons for hoping for a ban outside of wanting most short form content being banned because of attention span draining brain rot, but this is definitely shaping up to be an interesting development.
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