@eARCwelder i agree that right now things are very fluid! and i agree TikTok (or CCP) might prefer to leave if the alternative is a JV. (why would that be better than the divestiture they refused?) i also agree that Apple and Google and Oracle should comply with the law, whatever Trump says about not planning to enforce it. so there are lots of ways and reasons TikTok might stay gone! 1/

@eARCwelder but if Trump wants to open the door, temporarily pr permanently, for TikTok to basically continue as it has (perhaps with some token concessions, like DoJ's antitrust "consent decrees"), why on earth wouldn't it? to its capitalist owners, the US is a huge market in which it's enjoyed great success. too CCP it's an intelligence and propaganda gold mine. /fin