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If the problem is China, why wouldn't they ban all apps from China?

And what exactly is preventing China to launch a new app withjin hours (that is the point of cloud infras right?) under a new company using tiktok source code and allow easy importation of dumps from tiktok to facilitate their migration and get a head start?




They are "trying" to go for all apps from China. Someone above mentioned Grindr was also targeted.

As for the one's they've missed, typical government incompetence. They have trouble differentiating what is, and is not a "Chinese app".

"And what exactly is preventing China to launch a new app within hours..."

No users. TikTok's massive userbase wasn't created in 7 days.




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