Treason. ByteDance should be comprehensively investigated for being a national security threat
Does ByteDance still believe in globalisation and that the US is friendly. And they dumped Alibaba Cloud which was trying to expand globally by riding the TikTok wave?
So they damaged China's premier tech company global expansion and thus China's expansion on the world.
I thought that this 5yr Plan was all about "National Security". ByteDance destroying Alibaba's global expansion is actively harming China's national security (economy/technology)
I think this could be fake news.
Whether ByteDance decided not to use Alibaba Cloud services outside of China probably is not really the question. The question of this business decision, were they coerced into doing it?
Didn't one of Oracle owners/founder had a stake in TikTok?
If ByteDance used Alibaba Cloud services everywhere, it could ask for a discount. By not using Alibaba Cloud services for all of ByteDance storage, probably increases cost for themselves.
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This is an interesting story on many levels.
I only vaguely knew Alibaba Cloud services was already an established worldwide company. That Japanese article saying it is a set back, obviously a case of butt hurt. How many Japanese cloud services companies operating worldwide have we heard about? None! And here is a worldwide Chinese could services company suffering a set back.
Butt hurt! Butt hurt good! Butt hurt real good!
Alibaba Cloud services has been online in the United States since 2015!
As for ByteDance, they are going as strong as ever.
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It makes business sense for TikTok to remain in the American market.
It is not just about the market itself, because TikTok is so big, they can lose the American market and not feel anything.
What is important is to be in the American market, so that TikTok can see any threats to their business and crush would be competitors on the spot.
TikTok really is number #1 in terms of this kind of app, where you bust a move. The only threat, it is not being kicked out of the American market, but what if a well funded American competitor emerges? If TikTok has American partners, which it always did, then they would try to protect TikTok's worldwide interest. But that protection has a cost, which here probably means they wanted ByteDance to shovel some money their way.
Long term, eliminating all would be competitors, to make everyone worldwide bust a move on TikTok, this probably was the right move.
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One thing I know about the Chinese, being kool is low priority.
Here is an app, that is the coolest thing around, and it is Chinese!
On this point, as you may have guess, I cannot give a crap about! Hehe!
Nonetheless, it has to be mentioned. Now, we bust a move.
