• The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 hours ago

    The average person probably doesn’t give a shit about their own data and since they are just moving from one Chinese app to another then their data was already acquired so why would they care now?

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      19 hours ago

      It’s not about the data, it’s about the control over what you see.

      • emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de
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        9 hours ago

        Oh yeah because theres totally not propaganda on any major US social media sites. You really think X or Meta’s algorithms are any better? Id argue theyre probably worse actually, so I get why a lot of people would be more comfortable with a chinese app.

        • BlameThePeacock
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          6 hours ago

          It’s not the US government controlling the algorithm though, it’s a company. China actually controls what byte dance does directly.