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I think it’s still possible for them to potentially evade sanctions using third-party app stores and continue to operate while continuing to legally fight US government efforts, as domestic companies would do.

We live in a post competency environment currently, so if you can ignore and/or evade, why not?

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No. As the law is, tiktok will become inaccessible in the US both as an app and as a web app.

It’ll be whack a mole. The US government can gate at primary mobile app stores easily (applying pressure to Google and Apple), but nowhere else.

The current US presence is hosted by Oracle. That would end as it would cause Oracle to be fined, and the content moved outside the US. The direct oversite by the US government via Oracle would end. Access by US users would have to be via web since App Store distribution would subject Google and Apple to fines.

Yes, agreed. Distribution by side loading or third party app stores enabled by recent anti trust rulings are outside of the centralized App Store control you mention. Hosting and storage at an org without a US entity within reach of the jurisdiction.

Bad for Oracle, troublesome for Bytedance, but the band plays on.

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