Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAmazon wants to buy TikTokwww.gsmarena.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down19
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minus-squarePurpleTentacle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOf course. But on the other hand: Who else would? It’s not like Bob from Des Moines is going to find $100 billion behind the sofa cushions to buy it. There aren’t that many companies with much higher valuations.
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOracle has been the most involved player for TikTok up to this point. Trump has also floated the idea of being government-owned.
minus-squarekerrigan778@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThey want to privatize the post office but make TikTok government owned… JFC…
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGovernment owned under Musk. Basically Musk wants to control it while we pay for it. Disgusting.
minus-squareThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo they can use it to spread right wing bollocks, cause at the minute it’s (probably) a little bit of everything. It’s fucked up, and I had to read that twice, but it’s not really surprising.
minus-squareBloomcole@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoIt’s the only big social media not regime controled. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3QDPRWPUg)
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOracle would be worse…
minus-squareebolapie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNo no, look what they did with Sun.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYup, expect paywalls, lock-in, and relentless profit-maximization. The silver lining is that they seem to care more about your wallet than your data, though they’ll hoover up both if given the chance.
Of course. But on the other hand: Who else would?
It’s not like Bob from Des Moines is going to find $100 billion behind the sofa cushions to buy it. There aren’t that many companies with much higher valuations.
Oracle has been the most involved player for TikTok up to this point. Trump has also floated the idea of being government-owned.
They want to privatize the post office but make TikTok government owned… JFC…
Government owned under Musk. Basically Musk wants to control it while we pay for it.
Disgusting.
So they can use it to spread right wing bollocks, cause at the minute it’s (probably) a little bit of everything.
It’s fucked up, and I had to read that twice, but it’s not really surprising.
It’s the only big social media not regime controled.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3QDPRWPUg)
Oracle would be worse…
No no, look what they did with Sun.
Yup, expect paywalls, lock-in, and relentless profit-maximization.
The silver lining is that they seem to care more about your wallet than your data, though they’ll hoover up both if given the chance.