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The companies wont yank it from the app stores in the US for fear of losing their cut of ad revenue but that is the better next step.

Fixed that for you.

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The revenue from TikTok is minscule compared to losing access the Chinese market. That is the bigger risk they face.

Google has zero revenue from China. They pulled out of China when told they would have to censor search results years ago. Android phones in China don’t use Google’s android.

In 2018, Google made $3 billion in China from Chinese companies buying ads.

I guess then I should say they made nothing in China - those Chinese companies buying ads would have been for ads outside of China.

Either way, it's about as big a contrast as is possible with Apple who are all in on China in every way.

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