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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oracle has been the most involved player for TikTok up to this point. Trump has also floated the idea of being government-owned.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They want to privatize the post office but make TikTok government owned... JFC...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Government owned under Musk. Basically Musk wants to control it while we pay for it.

Disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oracle would be worse...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No no, look what they did with Sun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yup, expect paywalls, lock-in, and relentless profit-maximization.

The silver lining is that they seem to care more about your wallet than your data, though they'll hoover up both if given the chance.