A mind-blowing surge in prices!
We can thus find on platforms – such as eBay– many offers at all prices. The record for the moment is that of this iPhone 16 Pro Max with TikTok installed which appears as sold at 30 000 dollars !
If you have any regrets, we find another one here ! In this kind of context, nothing is really guaranteed, especially since in a few weeks, TikTok could no longer be functional at all…
The same model still on sale is currently priced at $20,000… An iPhone 15 Pro with TikTok and Capcut sold for $13,997.
For the rest, the prices seem more reasonable, like this iPhone 14 Pro Max with a capacity of 256 GB at 2 500 dollars (double its initial sale price). Likewise, a 512GB iPhone 15 Pro Max, with TikTok installed, is shown at 8 500 dollarsalthough it was initially marketed at a much more modest price.
A 75-day reprieve for TikTok
Adopted by Congress in April 2024 and entered into force on January 19, 2025, a law requires ByteDance – the Chinese parent company of TikTok – to sell the platform under penalty of ban on American territory. It also provides for heavy financial penalties for internet service providers and application stores that continue to offer TikTok, with fines of up to $5,000 per user (we'll let you do the math).
However, the application of the law was temporarily frozen on Monday by presidential decree. Donald Trump justified this delay by citing the need to consult his advisors and assess whether the measures taken by TikTok to secure the data of American users are sufficient.
-Let us specify that cet executive order leaves ByteDance with a 75-day reprieve to comply with the new legislation. Otherwise the law must apply. This decision marks a turning point in the approach towards the famous video sharing platform, which has more than 170 million American users.
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