This has two knock-on effects that are much longer term. First, we now know that a U.S. TikTok ban will be difficult to bypass if it comes back — and the same will be true for any other Chinese (or other) app banned in the same way. There are some options, as I reported over the weekend, but none of them are especially compelling.

A TikTok user posted that the app could be uninstalling on some phones if other users aren't careful about updates on their apps.

If you still have TikTok installed on your phone, you might be able to make a few thousand dollars by listing it on eBay.

APKMirror, a popular destination for Android users to safely sideload apps on their smartphones, is blocking downloads of TikTok and Lemon8, citing the new law in the U.S. Interestingly, other TikTok apps are not blocked,

Whether TikTok can be downloaded on a new phone depends on your device, as it’s currently removed from app stores. Details.

Some eBay sellers are hoping to get $10,000 or more for a smartphone with TikTok preinstalled, but the app's future is far from certain.

While the TikTok ban has been suspended for 75 days, thanks to President Trump, the app is still not available in the Google Play Store, nor the Apple App

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Nearly a week after it was removed, the TikTok app is still missing from Apple and Google’s app stores. Because these app stores are the primary way many people get the software, TikTok’s absence basically means you can’t newly install the app — at least,

The TikTok app is still not available in Google Play or the iPhone App Store despite Trump's order halting the ban. Here's what's happening.

The impending TikTok ban has resulted in opportunistic behaviors where people on eBay are selling smartphones with the app preinstalled.

Phones and Android phones with TikTok preinstalled on them are being listed for ridiculous prices on the online marketplace eBay.