Very true. Hard to say what he will do or try to do on this one.But previously he was the leading proponent for banning TikTok too. And China is one of his favorite bogeyman
Very true. Hard to say what he will do or try to do on this one.But previously he was the leading proponent for banning TikTok too. And China is one of his favorite bogeyman
Well, I’m not addicted at all, but I used it a bunch of times and it seems like YouTube shorts to me
Because it collects a lot of unnecessary information that really isnt required for you to view silly videos.Just curious: how is TikTok any worse than Instagram or YouTube Shorts ? I don’t get it
Maybe find a way to log on to his account and start searching for really boring videos... the more you watch, the more you can steer his algorithm towards things that might calm him and curb his addiction.The answer is "addiction".
The constant novelty of seeing new things each 2 seconds; it's more addicting than drugs.
I never installed TikTok, and I stopped using Instagram.
I feel much better.
I have noticed the addictive potential of such apps, first hand, with my parents.
When I visit them, my father in law (in his 80s) is glued to the screen watching youtube shorts for hours, hours, hours and hours at all volume, and he becomes very annoyed if you interrupt him or try to make him understand he's watching too much.
The videos he watches are utter trash, like annoying pranks, or stupid reels with obnoxious music, and I have noticed they numb him down even further than he is; he sufers from some Dementia, but this has made things very much worse.
We tried blocking youtube shorts on the computer, but he was furious.
And he was the one telling me "kids these days fry their brains on such apps", 10 years ago.
These things need to be treated like drug addiction is.
I dream of social media being made available only for adults, as I can't imagine how this reel mania will create chaos in future generations.
And do you trust Google for that ? Google core business are your data…Because it collects a lot of unnecessary information that really isnt required for you to view silly videos.
And that information has a value.
And could be exploited by criminals to steal from you or extort.
And some people are upset the data flows to another country.
I would argue the same information going needlessly to any app company should be a worry regardless of where the app was made.
The TikTok app doesn’t request location data.But it's not that it's just China-based.
It's the amount of unnecessary data you are consenting to send them.
Why do they need all you purchase and location information just to show you a video?
You are consuming media only. Watching a DVD doesnt require that information so why does TikTok (or any app)?
Somewhere, sometime, the aggregated data on you can be weaponised, that's why...
No evidence of that but there is evidence that cellular companies routinely hand over data to the US government.I never understood why anyone would install this app.
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Why does a mindless source of "stupid people tricks" need to hoover up all this data? Yes, others like Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, etc. hoover as well, but TikTok is like handing all your data straight to Pooh Bear.
um it does....The TikTok app doesn’t request location data.
Thats a tangential argument.No evidence of that but there is evidence that cellular companies routinely hand over data to the US government.
I dont trust Google either but that isn't the discussion here.And do you trust Google for that ? Google core business are your data…