▲ 71 ▼ ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in U.S. if legal options fail, Reuters sources say (www.ctvnews.ca) submitted 2 years ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Internet coverage of that topic is surprisingly limited for what seems to be an easily-thought-of national security risk... ByteDance's capitalist entrepreneurs run the enterprise for them, and they can extort data out, yes, for free. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Running a company isn't free lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Again, China does not run the company, they just own the leash on the private entrepreneurs who do. That's one of Deng's benefits for implementing capitalism. (mildlyinteresting: the word capitalism isn't capitalized) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) China has a massive stake in the company. It's a huge investment for them. Hardly "free" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's a one-time fee that also earns money back compared to the continuous payments to buy from other sources. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Assuming China doesn't have to spend literally any other money, even though countries are constantly investing in infrastructure and security and material to assist the business. But also, literally not free. My point stands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You won't just stop the maintenance if TikTok didn't exist. It's not like all China cares about is data. Your question was "why would China get data from TikTok when they can just buy it from Meta". If China didn't get the data from ByteDance, ByteDance still incurs the maintenance fee. So no, that is not the expense of getting the data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Running a company isn't free lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Again, China does not run the company, they just own the leash on the private entrepreneurs who do. That's one of Deng's benefits for implementing capitalism. (mildlyinteresting: the word capitalism isn't capitalized) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) China has a massive stake in the company. It's a huge investment for them. Hardly "free" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's a one-time fee that also earns money back compared to the continuous payments to buy from other sources. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Assuming China doesn't have to spend literally any other money, even though countries are constantly investing in infrastructure and security and material to assist the business. But also, literally not free. My point stands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You won't just stop the maintenance if TikTok didn't exist. It's not like all China cares about is data. Your question was "why would China get data from TikTok when they can just buy it from Meta". If China didn't get the data from ByteDance, ByteDance still incurs the maintenance fee. So no, that is not the expense of getting the data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Again, China does not run the company, they just own the leash on the private entrepreneurs who do. That's one of Deng's benefits for implementing capitalism. (mildlyinteresting: the word capitalism isn't capitalized) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) China has a massive stake in the company. It's a huge investment for them. Hardly "free" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's a one-time fee that also earns money back compared to the continuous payments to buy from other sources. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Assuming China doesn't have to spend literally any other money, even though countries are constantly investing in infrastructure and security and material to assist the business. But also, literally not free. My point stands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You won't just stop the maintenance if TikTok didn't exist. It's not like all China cares about is data. Your question was "why would China get data from TikTok when they can just buy it from Meta". If China didn't get the data from ByteDance, ByteDance still incurs the maintenance fee. So no, that is not the expense of getting the data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) China has a massive stake in the company. It's a huge investment for them. Hardly "free" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's a one-time fee that also earns money back compared to the continuous payments to buy from other sources. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Assuming China doesn't have to spend literally any other money, even though countries are constantly investing in infrastructure and security and material to assist the business. But also, literally not free. My point stands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You won't just stop the maintenance if TikTok didn't exist. It's not like all China cares about is data. Your question was "why would China get data from TikTok when they can just buy it from Meta". If China didn't get the data from ByteDance, ByteDance still incurs the maintenance fee. So no, that is not the expense of getting the data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's a one-time fee that also earns money back compared to the continuous payments to buy from other sources. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Assuming China doesn't have to spend literally any other money, even though countries are constantly investing in infrastructure and security and material to assist the business. But also, literally not free. My point stands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You won't just stop the maintenance if TikTok didn't exist. It's not like all China cares about is data. Your question was "why would China get data from TikTok when they can just buy it from Meta". If China didn't get the data from ByteDance, ByteDance still incurs the maintenance fee. So no, that is not the expense of getting the data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Assuming China doesn't have to spend literally any other money, even though countries are constantly investing in infrastructure and security and material to assist the business. But also, literally not free. My point stands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You won't just stop the maintenance if TikTok didn't exist. It's not like all China cares about is data. Your question was "why would China get data from TikTok when they can just buy it from Meta". If China didn't get the data from ByteDance, ByteDance still incurs the maintenance fee. So no, that is not the expense of getting the data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You won't just stop the maintenance if TikTok didn't exist. It's not like all China cares about is data. Your question was "why would China get data from TikTok when they can just buy it from Meta". If China didn't get the data from ByteDance, ByteDance still incurs the maintenance fee. So no, that is not the expense of getting the data. permalink fedilink source parent