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TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture (www.cnbc.com)
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TikTok users have been deleting the app at a higher rate since the company announced that its U.S. operations would be housed in a new joint venture.

The short-form video platform’s daily average app uninstalls in the U.S. have increased nearly 150% over the past five days compared with the previous three months, market intelligence firm Sensor Tower told CNBC.

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[–] eronth@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Up 150% sounds crazy... but like, what's the rate of installs vs uninstalls here? How has the rate of installs changed?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah if 4 people uninstalled the program last time, and 6 people uninstalled it this time, that's a 150% increase from last time.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Nope. Your math is wrong. 6 people uninstalling would be a 50% increase from the 4 since 2 (the extra people uninstalling) is 50% of 4. For a 150% INCREASE you'd need 10 to uninstall (4 for the origional, 4 more for the extra 100%, and 2 on top of that for the extra 50%).

[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

4 -> 6 would be a 50% increase, or 150% of the previous number. 4 -> 10 would be a 150% increase, or 250% of the previous number.