Janz3n
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yes, i wanted a second monitor, which i have now but its way too small for my 39 year old eyes.
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TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday
TikTok plans on shutting down its app for American users on Sunday, Jan. 19, the same day a law banning the app in the United States goes into effect, according to multiple reports.
The move would see the popular app — which says it has 170 million monthly American users — going one step further than the law, signed by President Biden last April, requires. The law bans new downloads from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play app store, and also makes it “unlawful” to update the app. In other words, existing users could keep the app on their phones, but it would never update.
Despite his initial support, President-elect Trump has since changed his tune on banning TikTok, saying last year that he would like to “save” the app. And in December, Trump reiterated he would like to keep TikTok in the U.S. He said he’d “take a look” at saving TikTok, noting he had a “warm spot” in his heart for it because it helped get young people to vote for him.
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So the tiktok people said "I raise you with banning the app in America, entirely" whereas before it was that the US would stop offering the app to be downloaded to new phones and no more updates.
Is this correct?
I also hear that Mr. Beast and some other peeps put in an offer to buy the app? I'm sure he would loose cash if he wasn't allowed to use the app anymore.
Is this correct?
I also hear that Mr. Beast and some other peeps put in an offer to buy the app? I'm sure he would loose cash if he wasn't allowed to use the app anymore.
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TikTok app owner ByteDance voluntarily shut down service in the U.S. just hours before a Sunday deadline, cutting off access to tens of millions of users after the Supreme Court this week upheld a law that effectively banned it over concerns about its ties to China.
The law passed by Congress last year gave TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance until Jan. 19 to divest from TikTok or be cut off from U.S. app stores and hosting services. TikTok said a sale wasn't possible and challenged the law in court, but it was rejected by a unanimous Supreme Court on Friday.
Trump on Sunday posted on social media that he would restore TikTok, first writing "SAVE TIKTOK" and then vowing to issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law takes effect.
"Americans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations," he wrote. "I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture. By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands and allow it to say up. Without U.S. approval, there is no Tik Tok. With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars - maybe trillions."
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hulu is now making you take a test on advertisements?
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they said it also sits on that screen endlessly until you provide an answer.
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Crazy it wasn't even shutdown for 24 hours. People were losing their minds.
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more rationalization for keeping my own plex server, no ads
Crazy it wasn't even shutdown for 24 hours. People were losing their minds.
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