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They're literally different apps with different names, user bases that don't interact with each other.


Yes, in China, it's a different app, called Douyin. (This is probably why the icon looks like a letter 'd'.) ByteDance says they're operationally separate from TikTok as of 2019.

https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/%E6%8A%96%E9%9F%B3%E7%9F%AD%E8...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/27/tiktok-moves-to-separate-app...


I wasn't talking about China. All the leaks so far have only mentioned buying out the US / NA (or at most all English speaking) markets, not all of TikTok.




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