POV: Even if TikTok isn’t banned, the app you know and love is dead

If I can get my short-form videos from other data-harvesting, profit-driven, ad-cluttered platforms, why should I care about losing TikTok?

TikTok’s long-simmering (and once-boiling) dispute with U.S. authorities may be coming to a head. The White House, citing national security concerns, is now considering a nationwide ban of the video sharing app if TikTok’s owner, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., cannot be convinced to divest of it. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is testifying before of Congress today, hoping to beat back a growing consensus among U.S. lawmakers that the platform must break its Chinese ties or be banned.

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