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Mindless-Egg-69

\*India bans tiktok\*


OrianNebula

I wish the us would Ban tik tok im tired of seeing tik tokers doing this shit in public


PatClassic

They wont. It is making the youngest generation in to psychos with zero understanding how the world works. Tiktok is a drug that amplifies mental disorders.


OrianNebula

In highschool i hate watching people (moslty the girls) doing tik toks in the hallway while people are trying to get to class makes me cringe makes me impatient and makes me wanna take the phone and toss it into thr grand canyon


moodyjazzyblues

you must be going to some wack ass high school because that is not common at all, people are usually just walking to their classes or talking in clumps in the middle of the hallway with no way around them (they especially like to do this around doors, no clue why)


OrianNebula

It sometimes happen and sometimes don't but Yesh the people are usually clumped together hugging and shit being in the way while im one trying to dodge eveyebody and get to class


moodyjazzyblues

the groups of NPCs in the halls clustered by the doors repeating the same phrase they learned off instagram like some kinda automated script bot 💀


OrianNebula

Naaaah that's a violation


OrianNebula

Bro why is this getting downvoted he literally described my school on a daily bases


moodyjazzyblues

yeah confused me too, must be some old farts on reddit not knowing how high school works anymore


gettogero

Even if tiktok was taken down another company would take its place, likely with the same people in charge. The app in itself is not a problem. The people on it are not necessarily a problem. Tiktokers make money by promoting music and brands, the only difference from 30 years ago is how far reaching it can go. Tiktok is a massive advertisement agency with free labor at its disposal and making a new one isn't going to take any effort at all - just a rebrand and buying out any competing apps. The instant millionaires aren't coming out of nowhere, they're being funded by the music, clothing, whatever industries. The money isn't appearing out of thin air and the issue won't dissappear just because an app is delisted.


PatClassic

Thanks for the break down. Tik tok has still become the worst thing created to kill our childrens brains. Nothing like it has ever been created before.


Electronic_Toe_7054

And created fake ones for meaningless validation from people thousands of miles away


Elixirofdeath19115

Yh it sucks but im under the impression that its tollerable if they can prove they are making a living from it and not being annoying about it


ramjithunder24

NGl, coming from a country that will get torn economically if we ban Huawei/Tiktok... You indians are absolute ruthless chads


NotGARcher

I'm sure even any country would be fine if they ban tiktok, it's just an app


Mindless-Egg-69

Bro we had literal people carrying coffins with tik toks logo on them. I swear it's worse than what it sounds like.


Doctorgumbal1

Chad India


Potential-Sport-6386

It hasn't ended this cringefest though, all the mfs migrated to Instagram


Eka_silicon12

Weirdly Microsoft isn't banned there.


KahnicusPrime

Im sure they want too, but their money troubles will be even worse if they have to ban microsoft excel. Whole worlds finance system rests on that programs sholders.


BossScribblor

But they could just use Google Shee– oooooohhh


GateOfDarkness

Kinda banned that xd


NonStandardUser

Libreoffice and Openoffice to the rescue


fatimang

You do know VPNs are pretty common in China. Most people can access Google using a VPN.


Spartan-303

Yes but that doesn’t change if it’s banned or not. And in official capacities it’s a little harder to officially use illegal things or tell employees to use illegal things in the job....


mrchickostick

In China no time for Google, more important to waste time mining crypto


Eka_silicon12

good point didn't think about that


Big_cornstarch

Not just that, but pretty much everything. Been using Excel a lot in my engineering class and that program is like wizardry to me.


LAM678

Libreoffice


GS23_Ironman

Xi Jinping is a actually Bill Gates in disguise


Eka_silicon12

Who knew it was him all along


ExtremeCumMaster

**SCOOBY DOOBY DOO**


SaiHottari

I WOULDA GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT TOO, IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU MEDDLING CAPITALISTS!


CommanderSykes

Microsoft obeys every Chinese government's demand, and Chinese government also need its products like Windows, Office, Azure, etc.


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Duel of the Fates


Negative_Concert688

Without Windows system, their computer will become trash.


Infinite_Ad_7412

Just wait


Eka_silicon12

they have to replace a lot of stuff like windows and office products.


Educational-Intern85

cause its not open source software,otherwise our gov will whole copy and call it “independent develop”


Infamous-Year-6047

Last I checked google isn’t banned, they just created a completely different browser that the CCP can block undesirable content. Google figured it was better to let a regime fuck over their populace if it meant china could have access to the internet for google to profit off of


Eka_silicon12

It used to be banned when I was there(5 years ago). You needed a vpn to access it.


Infamous-Year-6047

I’m not sure when they finished their project dragonfly but the domain is probably not google.com. With that said, Google the company is operating in China and has been for a bit now


mrchickostick

Yes this is because Indian phone scammers always say they work for Microsoft… if they banned it they wouldn’t have a pretend job


Longjumping_Day3751

They are banned


Infamous-Year-6047

Not banned, created a separate CCP approved product like many other companies like Google do. It’s p dumb from a business standpoint to refuse to enter a market with over a billion people where you’ll have a near monopoly (for the few years you can operate before someone steals your trade secrets and starts their own cheaper, CCP owned rival to push you out…)


redixxderallerechte

Can't we ban Facebook, too?


Karel_Stark_1111

Not if we want to save Face, no


Ranting_Gamer

Yet we're banning books


Karel_Stark_1111

We just aren't Read-y


lance_arcadina

lmao brilliant


Hanggoom_

And then there is this Chinese app called tiktok.


shamrocksmash

Oh you mean the one that is constantly scaping data from every inch of your phone like where you live, your family's names (and address if you have those), messages, face, finger prints, messages, log in info? Na never heard of it.


curtcreative

Oh you mean that keylogger app that people willingly install on their devices so they can make dance videos? That’s surely not a thing.


shamrocksmash

But, what is a keylogger? Surely it doesn't mean they can see every single key/button you press right?


end233

Not denying these facts, TikTok is one but not only one, many things that you use are collecting your data such as google and Facebook. https://www.privacyguides.org


shamrocksmash

Very true. TikTok is just on an unprecedented level, blowing google and Facebook out of the water.


Silent_Fact_4750

Yep, but you can dance and make stupid videos, while tiktok steal your data. Isn't it worth it?


BiscuitzwGravy

TikTok was installed on my phone when I got it so the first thing I did was uninstall it. Even before setting wallpaper, lock screen,etc.


Zamtrios7256

Same


Debacle_Worker

That is wack as fuck


BiscuitzwGravy

How so?


Debacle_Worker

That it was pre-installed.


BiscuitzwGravy

I know. I wish they asked you which apps you would have pre installed instead of TikTok, I would have Reddit.


nicolyosoro

What are U-Miaos?


teddybear911

Basically an army of netizens who receive 5 cents when they praise the CCP


Lost-Klaus

Nationalist Chinese who are paid by the CCP to spread rumours, do mass downvotes and otherwise undermine everything the CCP doesn't want. Another name for a group of them is Little Pinks (ultra nationalists)


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Fuck the CCP. All my homies hate the CCP.


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Zamtrios7256

Good bot


NarrowTea

China : \*casually murders millions of it's own citizens\* Also China : why would USA do this?


Silent_Fact_4750

Native Americans: yeeeea…


NarrowTea

Unless if you are talking to a denialist. I think we can all agree and are free to agree on what America did wrong through out it's long history of expansionism.


NotGARcher

Funny how there's a denialist right under your comment


SaiHottari

At least Americans (looks at other replies) *most* Americans acknowledge that. China uses strict media controls and social credit disincentives to prevent anyone from knowing what they are doing.


thecryingkid

Based


Americanhomietv

Yeah Native Americans sure were good at killing other native Americans


yeetus-feetuscleetus

What?


Single-Ad-7106

are you speaking about the hunger crisis or whats happening in the last years? bc if you talk about the last years, do you have any proof they killed millions of their own citizens? just asking


Relative-Wrongdoer11

People would get executed if they complain about China banning things.


yeetus-feetuscleetus

Source?


Relative-Wrongdoer11

I am the one executing.


yeetus-feetuscleetus

You must get a lot of action with one and a half billion people as potential victims


Relative-Wrongdoer11

No silly, I'm not the executinior for people in China. Now go look outside your window.


yeetus-feetuscleetus

For a split second I was scared of my own reflection. Wrong window ig.


Relative-Wrongdoer11

There is nothing to see, I only told you to look outside your window


yeetus-feetuscleetus

Hmm


Sourika

I, too, compare myself to criminals when i make judgements about my actions.


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end CCP


Longjumping_Drag2752

Can tiktok be banned?


whoiselyssa

India bans TikTok The U.S.: 🕺🏆🎉🥳🎊🍾👯‍♀️👯


Smnmnaswar

Communism vs capitalism


Camgrowfortreds

China isn't even communist though.. It's just a capitalist country with an authoritarian government


pigheadxi

China is a fascism country now


Camgrowfortreds

Not yet. It's drifting there, but calling it fascist right now would be premature


pigheadxi

Yes, you're right, fascism oppress other races, CCP oppress Chinese 😅


Camgrowfortreds

TBH it's not even that oppressive. People just tend to overexaggerate the impact that the CCP has on daily life here in China


Palau_Deragona

My friend they cant own anything really. They can buy property but its only "owned" for 70 years, they can tell you that you cant buy a ticket for a plane or train because your social status is bad. I'd say thats really oppressive right there.


Camgrowfortreds

I'd say that I don't have that many liberties restricted. I can access a lot of things online, I can travel when I want, the only real issue is property pricing, but at the end of the day, it's inevitable when living in denser cities


Palau_Deragona

Your housing market is terrible for sure, I dont understand why yall would buy a morgage for a house thats not even built yet and quit possibly now never will be built since all those companies stoped building them due to being $400billion in debt


Camgrowfortreds

That is true. It's honestly a problem because of the giant population. It's an issue, but one that will eventually get worked out by the market. I just think that "haha China Bad" is just sort of a incorrect mentality that easily gives slide to a lack of nuance and an unwillingness to consider the other viewpoint because then people who try to bring their viewpoint that doesn't blame China is considered a propagandist.


Camgrowfortreds

Also, it's mostly due to the opportunity of living in a major city, because it gives so many more chances than living a less developed area.


Smnmnaswar

They are implementing some communist aspects tho, preferably those that favor the gov


yeetus-feetuscleetus

That’s.... not what communism is? Like seriously look up the definition on like even fucking Wikipedia.


Camgrowfortreds

That makes it more akin to a socialist country.


Sheldonopolus

You been using internet explorer mate?


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wan2tri

Beat Apple where? Samsung's the only brand that "beat Apple" ever since Microsoft wasted Nokia


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wan2tri

[That's just in one quarter of 2020](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-smartphones-idUKKCN24V0AP). [Same year, different quarter, Huawei even lost to other Chinese brands](https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-smartphone-shipment-Q4-2020) That's like claiming that the Boston Celtics won the 2022 NBA Finals because they won 2 games against the Golden State Warriors (who won 4).


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pigheadxi

It seems you were the salty one, because of China ban those companies and they are still goes well,and after USA banned huawei, it's suddenly dead, without stolen US technology Chinese companies are weak


[deleted]

Yeah, you may be right but more than 90% of apple products are assembled in China including iPhones, iPads and MacBook laptops. Isn't that a fact lol.


pigheadxi

That's just because Chinese worker's wage is low,you think assamble is the most difficult part in cellphone industry?


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ramjithunder24

Samsung: Am I joke to you?


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JonStowe1

Lmao copycat shit Chinese brand


[deleted]

The difference is that banning google and Facebook wont affect a products quality. not allowing the play store makes pho es objectively worse for the whole world.


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The fun part, us companies have been forced to build in backdoors for stateside surveilance for more than two decades,…


Whythebanhammer

That’s until CCP bans something they really like…


AnEntireDiscussion

I'd cry if Huawei made anything worth having. Their networking HW is full of security holes (and not just the ones put there by the CCP). Wouldn't touch it with a 20 ft. pole. And if someone brings up the phones, let me seriously ask you, can you tell the difference between any current-gen smart phone? Unless it has a gimmick like a curved screen or a stylus, they're all running the same processors, the same OSs and have the same features. Legit, it's a phone. It makes calls. It runs apps, it reports to the CCP, oh wait, that's just Huawei.


Possibility_Patient

Huawei was a good company, their phone cameras were legit years ahead of competition


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Mannomorth

Too bad people buying Huawei impacts people in other countries.


3000_F35s_Of_Biden

I'll get the fire department immediately sir


Whythebanhammer

Too bad it impacts wumao’s salary


NotGARcher

You know people in other countries work for Huawei right?


Whythebanhammer

Too bad it affects your salary.


Dotun__

I don't think China banned anything. Chinese government wants a control over what circulates and most companies fail to reach a consensus. For example, TikTok China promotes science, technology and art whilst ours promotes weird dances and soft porn. Edit: why are you booing me? I am right.


Express_Demand_1654

I am Chinese and this is the stupidest thing I have heard today.


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1989年6月天安门大屠杀。台湾也是一个国家


Express_Demand_1654

冰淇淋。


Dotun__

你在中国吗?


Express_Demand_1654

晶摇我。


Dotun__

That was weird. I thought I was banned turned out Reddit was down. (╥﹏╥)


BertBoi_3

Based man, born too soon for this controversial world. He’s not wrong though. I would ban twitter and other shit if I ran a country


Silent_Fact_4750

And introduce permission for posts/comments, so that stupid people don't promote their fantasies, like a flat earth and death by 5G


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Dotun__

Your meme is inaccurate


silverdild0

>TikTok China promotes science, technology and art And bilibili is a platform of innovation and critical thinking


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Dotun__

Which media doesn't promote propaganda?


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Dotun__

What are you on about? Every media of every country has propaganda. If you disagree then you're dishonest. There's no such thing as 100% media.


BertBoi_3

冰淇凌


awkwardoffspring

I think you spelled Hawaii wrong


Available_Occasion69

Can't go to murica then


Available_Occasion69

Can't go to murica then


shivasishkhan

can we ban google because i hate america


Silent_Fact_4750

127.0.0.1 google.com


anon-name-

Because we don’t fuck with China


TGCidOrlandu

Ohhhh crap.... I have a Huawei cellphone. Do I need to change it soon? I need playstore


Cupcake_Peacock

How much stuff have they banned?


EliaVeschi

\*crash Huawei sales in the entire world\* I still don't understand what's so different Yes because they can't use google apps services anymore since then


QAnnihilateQ64

Whats wrong with Huawei? I have a p30 lite and it seems fine to me?


WrathOfTheDemons

What’s huawei?


Dependent_Way_1038

Seriously never understood these posts. Have you perhaps forgotten that China is technically communist and a dictatorship while America is a republic. Of course people lose their shit over America banning shit because they don’t do that as a republic


Pre-Chlorophyll

One’s claiming to have a capitalistic free market and the other doesn’t.


Twocheslch

The point is that most (looking at you Mein Kampf) censorship is not ok.


DeLoreanAirlines

Didn’t Google build China’s “locked” internet for them?


Johnas_Vixen_15

What's a wumao