[youniverse]

One thing I'll add is that lots of kids deleted tiktok when the servers went offline for a bit right when the ban happened. Now they regret it and maybe Apple got wind of this perhaps.

I personally was asked to help a young girl who would cry all day because she lost the app and it was her salvation due to her unique circumstance.

Was interesting for me to learn after asking some middle/high schoolers how important the app is for them emotionally/personally/culturally/etc.

[sirl1on]

That sounds like a lot like an addiction.

Maybe we need to create "Methadone apps" to help people slowly get off the Pavlovian dopamine machine?

[jajko]

Its is addiction, plain and simple, whole app is designed to be so by psychology experts. Same goes for all Meta products for same goal of course, no need to bash tiktok specifically, its all brain or more like soul cancer destroying a bit young generation and they dont even know any better. A bit, more than a bit a collective and specific parenting failure too.

Ever dealth with proper addict? They live in their own world where all is good, normal and justified. Similar here. In addicts communities, 'normal' bar is set very low but from inside its day as usual.

Now I dont claim there can be no good happening, ie those 'special circumstances' really sound like it, but it would sound way better if some proper child psychologist was there, instead of anonymous communities who may (eventually will like elsewhere) turn toxic and beyond, with consequences.

[sunnybeetroot]

Couldn’t they download it from the past purchases?