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Funny, but they won't. TikTok isn't going anywhere. There's too much money involved, not to mention constitutional rights and law. China won't ban the iPhone because they love it too much and they can't make something better.

All of this is a complete waste of time.

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> they can't make something better.

Before the US sanctioned Huawei, Huawei's flagship phones were better than the iPhone (assuming you can tolerate Android).

Sanctions dealt a heavy blow to Huawei, but there are other Chinese smartphone manufacturers that make very good flagships now.

>China won't ban the iPhone because they love it too much and they can't make something better.

Incorrect, there are many iPhone substitutes.

The iPhone is the best selling smart phone in the world. There may be other phones, but Chinese people are buying iPhones over their own domestic brands.

>Chinese people are buying iPhones over their own domestic brands.

What percentage of Chinese people own an iPhone vs an Android?

I googled that for you.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/467160/forecast-of-smart...

>Chinese people are buying iPhones over their own domestic brands.

You implied >=50%.

>I googled that for you. *paywall

I wanted you to Google it for yourself to understand just how small iPhone usage is (~20%).

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