Comment by LittleMantle on 16/01/2025 at 02:22 UTC

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View submission: TikTok reportedly plans ‘immediate’ Sunday shutdown in the US if it’s banned / The US federal ban will go into effect Sunday without a Supreme Court intervention.

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That sounds like an app-side restriction, why would red book do that

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Comment by ShenAnCalhar92 at 16/01/2025 at 17:34 UTC

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Because otherwise the US puts pressure on Google and Apple to remove the apps from their stores entirely?

If a company has to choose between their app only being available outside of the US, and not being available at all, which do you think they’ll choose?