Trump's final speech to his MAGA crowd is making the news. The things he said, it really comes across as a dicktator. Trump overriding due process and the Supreme Court and reinstating TikTok is a dicktator move. What is the point of having a President if this person can override your Congress, Supreme Court,...all of it? Trump is essentially going to ignore and circumvent your Congress and invoke some kind emergency act to place 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico.
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TikTok is Working Again in the U.S., But Still Removed From App Store
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Really? We can start with postal services, follow with railroads, move on to utilities for starters.
Not only Communist, also dicktator oligarchy. As soon as these people get into power their hidden agenda project is staying in power by all means necessary. For example, Elon's purchase of Twitter to influence the election.
Pretty interesting how everything is being resolved right now isn’t it? Biden had years to ‘solve’ this stuff and it’s just now that it’s getting done.
The case and SCOTUS decision was regarding where (public schools) the students were exercising their 1st Amendment rights, not what (wearing black arm bands) they were saying.
The court found that the First Amendment applied to public schools, and school officials could not censor student speech unless it disrupted the educational process
That's why SCOTUS wrote "It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate."
Regardless, the point is: your rights are being abridged when you're told where (or even when) you can exercise them.
"Hey! You can't protest on this street corner. Go use that street corner instead."
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Those kind of people are clueless to the facts. They don’t even know how our own country works, but because it’s trump they are in a blind rage about it.
It is important to be free to choose what entertains us. If people want to waste their lives with this interpretation of entertainment, so be it. Identity protection is more important. If people value personal safety, they won't use apps that sacrifice or cause harm to their personal data exposure. I don't use these social platforms; I do not have the time to waste that others do. That doesn't mean those who use it are boring or mundane. But why do I need to see at times utter junk and useless Rhetoric these social platforms have to offer. I choose to do better by not utilizing my entertainment time reading these platforms
The Supreme Court didn't mandate that TikTok be blocked, they just said that the forced sale did not infringe on the petitioners' (TikTok) constitutional rights.
Additionally, bills passed through Congress in the past give the President the authority to enact tariffs, Biden did the same thing in his presidency. This isn't a statement in support of the tariffs, this is just legal fact.
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It’s true, their hosting providers are taking a risk. There are loopholes Trump can probably use in the short term, but there’s no reason for Apple to take that risk. They don’t make any money from TikTok being available. Maybe IAP. But their hosting providers make way more from it being online.
Probably not a coincidence that one of those providers is Oracle. Larry Ellison has been sticking his nose in this issue as well.
You're welcome, everyone! I'm up like $200k on $TRUMP lol.
Orange man GOOD!
Orange man GOOD!
Apple might not make any money directly from TikTok, but they do indirectly. If Apple's App Store doesn't have the apps people want, but the Google PlayStore does, people could trade in their Apple devices for Android devices.
How many less iPhones would Apple have sold if TikTok was never available on their App Store?
Right, your Congress gave the President the authority to enact tariffs. But, I would guess there has to be quite exceptional reasons for a President to singly invoke tariffs. Invoking tariffs against Canada & Mexico (a.k.a trading partners with trade agreements with the US) should go through your Congress. In this case Trump is using drugs and illegal border crossing to circumvent your Congress; dicktatorial.
Trump's drugs and illegal border crossing schtick is total Bull💩. A lot of drugs and guns flow into Canada from the US. I've seen news reports stating more than 70% of illegal handguns in Canada are coming from the US.
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You misunderstand the very exceptions you cite. Sad. The US government does not take ownership interests in private companies. The postal service is not a private company, and neither is Amtrak, which is federally chartered. The utilities are not for-profit enterprises and exist pursuant to regulation. Demanding ownership of a privately owned for-profit companies is a Communist tactic (reminiscent of the central planners of the Soviet Union) -- not to mention a violation of the 5th Amendment. The only exceptions are typically in bailouts -- like Chrysler -- in order to save the company from liquidation. Pro or con Trump, this proposal is scary for the republic.
Democracy is dying and people worry for TikTok.
Sad.
Sad.
Sure, if it was available generally. In this specific case, pretty sure the risk outweighs the reward, at least for the next few days to see what happens.
And as we know, the App Stores are basically cartels so they will likely stay in lockstep on this one.
What do you want a link to? A TiKTok video with Trump saying "I am a dicktator"? Sure, you can do it with a deep fake and post it on X.
Isn't Trump getting ready to issue 100 Presidential orders tomorrow? Yeah baby, I'm a dicktator 🤪
$5,000 per user fine. So yes, risk absolutely outweighs the reward.
He’s not saving it. He’s just giving them more time to sell. Up to this point they refused to sell. In order to get the 90-day extension the law says that they must make an intent to sell. This situation ends with it being banned or sold to an American entity regardless of what Trump does. He cannot override federal law and he can’t just pick and choose which laws to enforce.
What's a real job?
In Russian, we have an edgy saying that roughly translates as "The free market will sort it out". There are content consumers and content creators. Consumers want content; creators want to reach people. A textbook case of supply meeting demand. Their job is to entertain people, and it's easier said than done.
For example, as much as I disrespect boring capitalist shills (MKBHD, iJustine, etc.), people genuinely enjoy watching polished, non-critical reviews of the latest tech on YouTube. These folks have mastered that niche—not because of luck, but because they excel at it: early reviews, insane production values, reasonable charisma etc. It's a «real job» by any metric.
It’s not going to be sold. Biden and Trump already showed their hand.
TikTok voluntarily shut down before the deadline. Biden said he wouldn’t enforce the law. Trump brought TikTok back. Anyone can see who has the upper hand. China will not sell the code nor their playbook. Company is worthless without the code.
Trump literally overrode federal law already. The extension needed to be before January 19. He does not even hold office until January 20. So how could an extension be possible?
The reality is he is king now and will choose what laws to enforce. This will end with the law being repealed or simply not enforced.
The issue for Apple, Google, Oracle, etc. is that the law allows the Attorney General is allowed to go back five years to calculate fines. And the fine is $5000 per user. Even if Trump’s attorney general doesn’t enforce the law who is to say his successor won’t too?
It’s corporate malpractice to set yourself up for even the potential for that kind of hit. Like “get sued by shareholders” level of corporate malpractice. So either it gets sold, Congress changes the law, or it’s going away. It might get a 90-day reprieve (and even that is questionable), but I don’t think the status who can go on for much longer than that.
It’s corporate malpractice to set yourself up for even the potential for that kind of hit. Like “get sued by shareholders” level of corporate malpractice. So either it gets sold, Congress changes the law, or it’s going away. It might get a 90-day reprieve (and even that is questionable), but I don’t think the status who can go on for much longer than that.