It’s no worse that meta, Apple or google for invading your privacy. Personally I’d rather have the Chinese government track me than google, because knowing where I am is useless to the Chinese. But google can relentlessly pound me with localized ads, and stores info on where I’ve been forever and sells it to everyone. Not to defend TikTok, it’s useless drivel. But I find it a joke that people draw the line at TikTok, but surrender their privacy to Facebook, instagram, google maps, etc all day long.