• PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Of course. But on the other hand: Who else would?

    It’s not like Bob from Des Moines is going to find $100 billion behind the sofa cushions to buy it. There aren’t that many companies with much higher valuations.

    • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org
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      20 days ago

      Oracle has been the most involved player for TikTok up to this point. Trump has also floated the idea of being government-owned.

        • ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk
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          19 days ago

          So they can use it to spread right wing bollocks, cause at the minute it’s (probably) a little bit of everything.

          It’s fucked up, and I had to read that twice, but it’s not really surprising.

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          20 days ago

          Government owned under Musk. Basically Musk wants to control it while we pay for it.

          Disgusting.

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            18 days ago

            Yup, expect paywalls, lock-in, and relentless profit-maximization.

            The silver lining is that they seem to care more about your wallet than your data, though they’ll hoover up both if given the chance.