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Banning websites in the year 2024 is never going to work. The average user is more savvy than the average lawmaker.
IDK is the average TikTok user really installing VPN software on it's phone? And if something is banned in a country companies are far less likely to put in effort in it.
So even if people can still use it, technically, TikTok lifes of selling scam shit to people... If you have the skills to install a VPN your probably also not falling for that stuff.
I actually see that as a win. TikTok is not a platform for political discussion or private communication (by design) so I don't hate the idea of it getting banned.
You think too far. Some people have the knowhow to install a VPN on a phone and access tiktok. They share that info.
People that just want to access tiktok follow the info to install the VPN and have access to tiktok.
Meanwhile people still arguing Fedivers will never succeed because it's to complicated to pick a server :D
If someone goes the extra mile to get informed about and use a VPN, this person is no longer the average user of TikTok. I'm sure everyone including a 90 years old grandma is able to setup and use a VPN on it's own, put it requires a change in mind that definitely impacts you behavior online for the better. So again would be a Win.
It's downloading an app off of an app store and turning it on. Stop trying to force your narrow perspective onto everyone else.
People who are subject to censorship, in time find a workaround. Downloading a VPN app with a big green button to turn it on is not rocket science.
There are probably lots of VPN companies targetting "tiktok" as a keyword to advertise and increase their user base. So they come up first on appstores and search results.
Now, go ahead and call people searching google is not average tiktok user.
But where that data goes after you turn the VPN on, is a different topic on its own. Maybe China itself is running a whole lot of VPN networks from shell companies.
That's exactly what I just said? My grandma could just do it. That's no effort at all. Still so many people refuse to do just one little extra step or think about why something is not working anymore. That's just reality.
If people start questioning those things that would be a good thing. And again people not using a VPN is not my main argument here.