[russli1993]

Tens of thousands of companies using Tiktok shop or other Bytedance services is suddenly in-operable as well. Jobs loses, layoffs coming.

The power of digital dictatorship, USA government can kill a company, the entire ecosystem, all of the companies, users, entities relying on the digital application and service with stroke of pen. Every country and person on the planet should have vested interest to reduce choke points that can be exploited by USA government. So USA government shenanigans can't just ruin the invention you created, your jobs, your peaceful Sunday.

[dkjaudyeqooe]

Closing TikTok in the US isn't going to kill Bytedance.

Every company is subject to the laws of every country where it operates. I don't know why you're singling the US out.

Ultimatley Bytedance is responsible for their own behavior and the consequences.

[mr_00ff00]

As a counter argument (and not saying this is right)

This creates a vacuum of time that Americans now can use on other tech apps. American leisure hours is a finite resource, in a way TikTok competes with Netflix, Meta, and even sports.

That’s revenue in other areas.