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minus-squareBananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoMakes sense from a business point of view. Why sell to create a new competitor with the same technology and an impregnable market base in the USA? Better to force US competition to start from scratch.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoYouTube/IG are hardly starting from scratch. But they don’t have the international reach of TikTok.
Makes sense from a business point of view. Why sell to create a new competitor with the same technology and an impregnable market base in the USA?
Better to force US competition to start from scratch.
YouTube/IG are hardly starting from scratch.
But they don’t have the international reach of TikTok.