TikTok users are deleting the app, with removals up 150% following U.S. joint venture
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TikTok users have been deleting the app at a higher rate since the company announced that its U.S. operations would be housed in a new joint venture.

TikTok users have been deleting the app at a higher rate since the company announced that its U.S. operations would be housed in a new joint venture.

The short-form video platform’s daily average app uninstalls in the U.S. have increased nearly 150% over the past five days compared with the previous three months, market intelligence firm Sensor Tower told CNBC.

  • ☂️-@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    11 days ago

    if people are impressionable, they can be swayed. it just feels immovable because it takes time, but culture can and does change.

    someone else had to convince them the landscape we are in was worth investing into, it was just not with words but fame, dopamine and a bit of cash. we could probably make freedom from corporations more compelling, because it is quite compelling.

    • Lfrith@lemmy.caEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Its easier to sway people in the worse direction with more perceived benefits than the more difficult or less appealing ideologically better option.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        11 days ago

        the ideologically better option has reasons to be better. they are just longer term reasons that have to be sold and explored to it’s potential within our constraints. we have to show it’s good.

        the fediverse itself is an experiment in this, and i say we are growing a nice community over here that could eventually bring more people in, or at least shift perception and use of the internet in a healthier direction. not unlike some of our predecessors.

        • Lfrith@lemmy.caEnglish
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          11 days ago

          I think it is like Linux where those who opt for it are fine with some of the shortcomings being outweighed by aspects they value more.

          For the majority, negatives can be things they don’t even see as a con, but the shortcomings deal breakers.

          I think from a small active community it is fine for users who value that more than being the largest mainstream social media option. But, not something the average mainstream user will go out of their way to stick with.