The clock’s ticktock will soon stop for Tiktok. The app may soon be banned in the United States if the Supreme Court maintains a federal law that prohibits it. If it does, TikTok will no longer be available in American app stores from January 19. As a result, many TikTok users all over the United States begin to look for alternatives.
The largest controversy surrounding Tiktok and the driving force for the Supreme Court’s fall – is its ownership of a Chinese company, replacement dance. The Apps possible ban comes As a result of national security problems over China potentially acquire data from American users. But several alternative apps that American citizens are now flocking to develop and run by Chinese companies.
Redo
Of the Tiktok options on the market, the Chinese app Xiaohongshu, or Rednote in English, seems to be by far the most popular. The app was launched in 2013 and has since “become one of China’s fastest growing social platforms, with a value of over $ 17 billion”, said USA today. The app “is often described as a Chinese version of Instagram” and enables users to Upload photos and videos.
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The app has largely become popular because it “hits many right notes for creators looking for a Tiktok option” and “has a number of social shopping features”, said Technical. The app has recently taken up more than 700,000 new users, according to Reutants. However, the platform, which is typical in China, is very censored, and some new users “could” not publish about substances known to be sensitive in China, such as the Tiananmen Square breakdown in 1989. “” The Irony that the Americans leave Tikok for Another Chinese driving has not been lost on many, “said Npr.
Lemon8
While Rednote is more closely similar to Instagram, Lemon8 “is like a mashup of Tiktok and Pinterest, with separate flows for different categories such as” technical “or” clothing “, said Washington Post. Unlike Tiktok, however, it seems to have much less commitment, with “videos from popular creators who generally get a few hundred likes.”
But as a rednote, there is concern about Lemon8, which is owned by BytaDance – the same company that controls TikTok. There are also similar questions about China’s ability to get US data From lemon8. Despite this, Lemon8 tripped “Downloads over iOS and Android last week” and it was “cards the most downloaded free iPhone app in the United States”, said Bloomberg.
Clapper
Unlike the other apps, Clagger is American-based headquarters in Dallas. It is an app that “appeals to adults, especially among generations X and Y. Users can publish short -shaped videos and live streams,” said Cincinnati inquiries. The app has increased in popularity, and even before the talk of Tiktok’s ban is heated, patted Clacks “on average about 200,000 new downloads of weekly visas”, said Deadline.
Clapper seems to use the fact that it is an American company to its advantage. The app is “clear to play for Tiktok’s user base” and “Clasper boasts that it has no” ads, said Ad ageAnother differentler from its competitors.
However, none of these apps can ever have the range that TikTok did. It is “as the dating app world”, says Alex Nisenzon, CEO of e-commerce data company Charm.io, to the advertising age. Americans have “main apps and then you have really niche, for people who love dogs or people who are in books, but they don’t get mainstream attention.”
