So everyone here is probably like “please do it” but I do wonder how the general populace would react. Would people actually miss TikTok if it just disappeared?

I’m curious about the practicality. IP addresses only roughly correlate to geographic location. Are they going to geofence their app?

Obviously the app can be removed from the US app stores, but I doubt they can prevent sideloading or just using a VPN to get access to a different country’s app store. And what about all the devices that already have it installed? It’s not like it will auto-delete.

it’s not like it will auto-delete.

You’re probably right it won’t, but it definitely could be done by Apple and Google.

I feel like reaching into individual people’s phones and uninstalling software without their permission would be lawsuit bait.