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njpunkmb t1_j2yiltp wrote

Why is Tik Tok the only app that does what it does? Can nobody in the US or any other part of the world make a similar app that’s better?

People have just become lazy consumers and companies look more to how they will advertise on these platforms than actually create a competitor.

When the first company manufactured a car, other companies didn’t sit back and say “I guess I can’t make cars now”.

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madogvelkor t1_j2yk8y5 wrote

We had Vine but Twitter bought it and shut it down in 2016.

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r0ughedges t1_j2ysagt wrote

>Why is Tik Tok the only app that does what it does? Can nobody in the US or any other part of the world make a similar app that’s better?

There are tons of clones? Check out Instagram Reels or Snapchat Spotlight

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Kairukun90 t1_j30hd9x wrote

Those are all dog water 😂 you know I know everyone knows it. People won’t flock to those is tiktok is banned.

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tornessa t1_j30jhpl wrote

Have you even used TikTok? The algorithm is better than any social media app in existence. It’s recommendations are very insightful. The entertainment value of the content is leagues ahead of Instagram or Facebook. Talk to any person who’s been on it for at least a month and they’ll tell you. It’s insanely addicting.

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sissichu t1_j2z0kou wrote

And how would you go about convincingly people to switch platforms?

Look at YouTube. Plenty of other sites have tried to become the new YouTube. I think even Microsoft tried with Vimeo or something, and failed to garner substantial userbase.

It's not that TikTok does something all that special. It's just the cool thing right now. Which is pretty ducking terrifying that people are ok with TikTok.

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pilgermann t1_j2zy8yz wrote

Inertia, too. Like, there's almost no reason to still use SMS style messaging. In fact Apple's decision to make their messaging largely incompatible with texting outside their ecosystem is a huge reason for everyone to just move onto a platform like Whats App (yes, I know who owns it) or even something like Slack or Discord.

But here we are. I mean hell, the phone companies were charging for texts not so long ago and we still stuck with it.

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Realistic_Roll3566 t1_j2zscx0 wrote

Old Orange Man DJT said, he was gonna build his own... I guess like the wall I guess...

Can't remember if anyone in the middle thought it was a good idea?

Yet, it is pretty anti-capitalist--maybe just needs more regulation.

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enddream t1_j32n43m wrote

Tons of startups complied Facebook back in the day too. It’s more the critical mass of users than anything.

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