• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    Meanwhile, American users are flocking to RedNote because authorities have worked themselves into a lather over privacy concerns about TikTok, while U.S. tech giants harvest user data with industrial efficiency. The difference? American data collection is done for profit, and Chinese data collection is done for control. Pick your poison.

    Hard to argue Zuck and Elon don’t want control either…

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      The article talks about how America is mirroring China’s tactic. So yeah, now they want control too.

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      This is crystal clear now, but it was less clear before.

      I started saying that social media finally figured out how to monetize the platform and it’s customers aren’t people, aren’t even companies, the customers are now billionaires and foreign governments.

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    Anyone that knows anything about average TT users knew that if the ban was going to happen, that this was going to happen in some way, shape, or form.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    I mean, trying to regulate technology at the speed of American politics was very obviously a nonsensical and futile proposition from the get-go.

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    The only winners in this scenario are governments that want more control over their citizens’ digital lives.

    And that, as the saying goes, is not a bug. It’s a feature.

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    I’m pretty sure Xiao Hong Shu translates to Little Red Note in English. I’m not using it, just clarifying the name to make it seem small / cute. Aduki beans are Xiao hong dou.