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Did tiktok change something? (feddit.it)

submitted 6 months ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have friends that send me tiktok links via whatsapp and then they ask questions about it like "what do you think, scam or not". I used to open them with cookies rejected in ddg browser but now it pretends to freeze after 4 seconds of play, then it says that i must open it in the app and replaces the "play" button with a fake button that leads to google play.

I assume that there's no way to watch it anymore without an account and without the app, right?

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[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i tried and it didn't work - but maybe it's because it was the "vm.tiktok..." shortened link that tracks the user that shared it (when i open that link i can see a banner with a photo of my friend and "join tiktok with [friend name]"

next time i should try to open the link, get the real url, then use that

[–] Tyoda@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Ah! I would have guessed it could handle that too, with the platform being so popular.