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Ask HN: Should Microsoft Buy TikTok and Make Kevin Systrom CEO?

3 pointsby takanorialmost 5 years ago

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austincheneyalmost 5 years ago
No. TikTok is social media and the only real business of social media is data harvesting and advertising. Social media is slowly but continuously becoming more of a toxic business due to revenue growth pressues, potentially increased regulation, and increased political sensitivity.<p>Financially the only way this makes any sense for Microsoft&#x27;s business is to directly integrate TikTok data collection into Microsoft&#x27;s existing media products like MSN, Bing, and related third party advertising.