• biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    Have people somehow forgotten that VPNs exist? Like millions are moving to rednote but the easier way is to literally just, at minimum, get a shitty free VPN, and still have access to tiktok.

    Personally tho, I’d probably opt for a cloud server VPN if I really needed one.

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      9 hours ago

      You vastly overestimate the average person’s technical ability.

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        8 hours ago

        Honestly, true. I must be underestimating how tired I am and overestimating how much brain power I got left because, I must say, I barely had a single thought when typing that.

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      8 hours ago

      Any roadblock in using a social media will turn off 90% of the users.
      Which means the creators will be gone, too.
      Sure, you could connect to it via VPN, but most of the content you like won’t be there anymore.

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      9 hours ago

      VPN’s are grand, if you’re using a PC, if you’re using a smartphone the app is about to be dissapeared, also if your bag is monetization, good luck getting a bank to accept digital deposits from TikTok

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        5 hours ago

        Good, they can do something else to regain their sense of self-worth, such as working the glory hole in a truck stop in Bakersfield.

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        8 hours ago

        Oh right, I somehow didn’t think they’d remove the app at first, I thought they’d just firewall it or smthn. The monitisation part also makes a lot of sense too. Honestly I don’t have even the smallest experience with witnessing anything online get banned in my country apart from piracy.