ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say

https://lemmy.world/post/14689342

ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say - Lemmy.World

Makes sense from a business point of view. Why sell to create a new competitor with the same technology and an impregnable market base in the USA?

Better to force US competition to start from scratch.

I mean the sale agreement could require the buyer to never expand outside the US.