Reddit CEO claims TikTok app is ‘fundamentally parasitic’ and spyware


Huffman referred to the wildly popular short-form mobile video app as "fundamentally parasitic", in remarks he made Wednesday at a Silicon Valley conference. TikTok was formerly known as Musical.ly and compared to karaoke for the digital age. — Dreamstime/TNS

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman presumably won't be singing on TikTok anytime soon.

Huffman referred to the wildly popular short-form mobile video app as "fundamentally parasitic", in remarks he made Wednesday at a Silicon Valley conference. TikTok was formerly known as Musical.ly and compared to karaoke for the digital age.

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