I'll need to rewatch this to remember the specifics, but this privacy YouTuber named Rob Braxman did a comparison of the permissions and terms from Tik Tok and other social media apps, and Tik Tok came out quite favourably: https://youtu.be/VIakTNOhNSE

Chinese government spying or interference in the algorithm is probably real, but it's still a far superior product at the end of the day, which tells you something about how bad the competition is. To compare Tik Tok to Instagram reels is completely absurd.

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[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love that you're just cool with an oppositional government spying because you like the pretty videos. Please, tell me more intelligent things.

And please, where did I mention Reels? And what makes it a far superior product behind marketing? What can TikTok do that any other can't?

[–] wootcrisp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Great response. Definitely I want to continue the discussion.