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Comment · 3 years ago
>Asking that CEO "does TikTok access the home wifi network?" is such an incomplete question.

It's similar to what phones ask the user on behalf of the app.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E84WQUJVoAAtPS3.jpg

I don't see what the problem is, imo it is a specific question. Almost no apps access the home wifi network, they connect to a remote server on the wan side of the network going directly through the default gateway/router, knowing nothing of the devices in the lan.

Comment · 3 years ago
Perhaps this could be achieved by blacklisting the cloudflare parent certificate in your browser?
Comment · 3 years ago
That's false. You can download the app and check yourself.
Comment · 3 years ago
Who's going to pay for that? Not only the software, but the video hosting, transcoding, etc.

And don't tell me you can do it with p2p - the entire point of tiktok is that you can load new videos by swiping your finger. If every video takes 10 seconds to begin buffering nobody will want to use your app.

Comment · 3 years ago
Of course they do. It's got another name (抖音) but it's basically the same exact product.
Comment · 3 years ago
I'd rather install edge on my computer than type more than one sentence using my phone.
Comment · 3 years ago
I signed up to the Bing GPT "beta" waitlist (I hadn't logged into my Microsoft account in years) only to be told, days later, that I had to use Edge to try it. I noped out of there.
Comment · 3 years ago
All of reddit leans progressive, I refuse to touch it myself.
Comment · 3 years ago
I suppose those who have a problem with this would rather live in a cashless society, right?
Comment · 3 years ago
That changed recently, 13th gen intel remains to be beaten.
Comment · 3 years ago
Funny that if you google "Who Owns the Future", the Google featured snippet says the answer is Jaron Lanier.

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