Oh really? This ban won't effect people who use (for example) F-Droid to get the app?? That's great to hear tbh. Hopefully this stupid ass decision will have the effect of turning more people on to FOSS stuff more than it will actually prevent people from using TikTok.

[–] caveman@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I don't think they will put it on fdroid, because it has to really be open source to be there, but there's certainly other app stores which will have it.

How can a ban be enforced? It's always thru Google app Store or IP, and you can always bypass both.

In Aurora Store there's TikTok. You can install aurora store here:

https://aurorastore.org/

In Worst case you can try finding the official tiktok .APK install somewhere

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's really hard to bypass ip bans. Tik tok in India has been non existent since the ban.

[–] caveman@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You can use VPN (paid or free) for instance and if the ban is really badly done even by changing the DNS server (which is free) access can be restored.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nope. You can't access tiktok through vpn in India. You need a patched/modded app. I live in India and I've tried doing that. It's a non-existent platform here. Bans will affect user engagement.

[–] caveman@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

As a curiosity: how do the system know if you are in India? You said VPN doesn't work so it's not thru IP address. What's it then?

[–] CindyTheSkull@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

ok, thanks for the info. I don't know a lot about how this kind of thing works (clearly), I just try to use and support FOSS and "piracy" whenever possible.