• @[email protected]
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        I suppose it’s one group that they know won’t be selling data back to the American government

    • @[email protected]
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      112 days ago

      So the Chinese government is spying on me, I’m literally never going to China, plus they have backdoor access to like every cheap security camera on the planet.

      It’s a better position than giving all my info to one of the u.s. companies where it has a real effect on me, especially now.

    • @[email protected]
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      I think it’s more of a general apathy towards privacy than it is trusting any particular organization

      • @Zorque
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        152 days ago

        Yeah, the people on TikTok (or RedNote) aren’t really the ones concerned about big corporations on anything but an aesthetic level.

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    I love how in the article they are presenting this as “people looking for a tiktok alternative”. Instagram and YT shorts are right there, the people joining this app are either doing it in protest or following the trend that those people started. Most of the people joining probably aren’t going to it because of it’s prior reputation as a stelar app or because they think it will protect their data.

    • Dettweiler
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      Although those platforms also provide short form content, their algorithms are pretty terrible. Also, Instagram’s reels are absolutely flooded with ads, sponsored videos, and undisclosed branded content.

      • @[email protected]
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        224 hours ago

        Instagram’s reels are absolutely flooded with ads, sponsored videos, and undisclosed branded content.

        I used TikTok about a year ago and it seemed pretty bad in these regards. Has it gotten better since I left?

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      They’re shit replacements. So much to that YouTube has gone down in downloads this week and IG is only up like 10%.

  • Rentlar
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    Trust in Meta cratering to new lows, TikTok being banned.

    I totally get wanting to be on a bandwagon, I think this is the perfect time to get onto PixelFed but to go to (Little) RedNote instead? Could they make China’s effective ownership of the platform any more obvious?

    • kamenLady.
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      It didn’t have s chance, iirc someone promoted RedNote on TikTok…

  • wanted_paprika
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    (Most of) Those who transfer there are absolutely aware of the surveillance and are doing it to say “fuck you” to the US government

    • @ebolapie
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      Given that they have a list of 500 some nicknames you’re not allowed to use for him, probably not.

  • sunzu2
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    112 days ago

    Plz us software approved by your fed, plebs!

    You don’t want chinaman fed spying on you now, do you?!

  • @Sgt_choke_n_stroke
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    Do you think the people going to a Chinese app cared? They don’t trust American companies sooo much they left to let there data get harvested by another state

    • Chozo
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      Yeah, somehow I don’t think a social media platform controlled by the CCP is going to be a good way to stay current on Chinese news.

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    32 days ago

    Oh no a tech company is gonna spy on us!!! That’s never happened before and people are very concerned about it!!!

  • @[email protected]
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    It’s true! Surveillance from the United States is extreme! They don’t want people to know how China is actually a better country then ours.