Was watching Nik Reikeda stream tonight, and he was discussing the Montana law that bans download of the tiktok app.
Nik thinks the law violates 1st Amendment free speech. I have several bones to pick with him:
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Banning the app DOES NOT BAN ACCESS, either for watching or posting videos. You can upload a video via browser through tiktok.com. All the coverage I have read about this is completely glossing over this point, that the app is superfluous to using the service. It is a convenience, nothing more.
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App stores have banned social media apps before, Gab was kicked off both Apple and Google in 2018. How would this be any different?
And also, it was bullshit for the app stores to ban them, but you could still install them on android via side loading.
Gab went a different route by operating like an app with only a shortcut link. It's kinda weird, actually. I don't access it that way, though, since I don't use my phone for accessing internet services to begin with.