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YOUR COUNTRY BANNING TIKTOK DOESN'T MEAN IT'S MANDITORY TO SCRUB THE APP OFF YOUR PHONE
You read that right, folks!
For whatever reasons your region has decided to ban TikTok off of your Google App Store or Apple Store, doesn't mean they will shutdown the operation and server for this service or making it illegal to own a TikTok account or app.
Yes, I heard talks of the TikTok ban for over the months and even spanning to years and I personally haven't seen it happening.
However, when the inevitable happened. Here are some that you can remember.
TikTok is likely available in other regions. This means you can access the TikTok service from other countries. You may need to use the VPN if your region had firewalled its service.
TikTok can be found in other means aside from the Google App Store or the Apple Store. APK cannot be completely scrubbed off the internet. What is an APK? They're like your software installer for the android app. You can either just download the APK straight from their website: https://www.tiktok.com/about or their Chinese/HK counterpart Douyin. Here are the alternative sites where you can download the TikTok APK:
But what if it's actually illegal?
Good question! When was the last time people seriously enforced laws regarding digital goods. People pirate and rarely are the users being punished. It's usually the distributors who're getting in hot waters. So, there's nothing to worry about :)
According to this news article:
"If you already have [TikTok] on your phone, it's not going to disappear from your phone on Jan. 19 or Jan. 20," Ruane says. "It will, however, very likely disappear from application stores."
Reference article: A TikTok ban could hit the U.S. in days. What to know — and how to prepare.
As of January 17, 2025, the links I provided are safe to download
until any further update that says otherwise.
As of January 19, less than a day after the service went down, Tiktok is back up in the US.
( ;⚆_⚆) ?? Looks like migration to another app is unnecessary if you already had a big following in TikTok. In retrospect, this topic still holds up in any eventual ban or firewall coming in your region.
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Thank you for reading my post! It's quite disheartening seeing the panicking in the newest blogs when browsing even here in SpaceHey. Even if I never used TikTok and felt indifferent for an eventual ban, I just like helping out to ease out the fear.
This is Rib-Eye Black Dragon writing. 🐲🐲
Signing off. Peace. 🐲🐲
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