The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 9 months agoYou're tearing me apart!startrek.websiteimagemessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up11.73Karrow-down118
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minus-squareEmerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 months agoWhy don’t they just actually send the video file?
minus-squareschnokobaer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24·9 months agoThose apps purposely don’t make it trivial to download the files do they? You probably could but someone who swipes Tiktok all day can not.
minus-squareraginghummus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoLots of tiktoks can be downloaded easily, but still, they can be large, why send those around when you can just send a link
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoFor better user experience for the person receiving it.
minus-squarevsh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoDownloading takes time and disk space. Sending a link is easier.
Why don’t they just actually send the video file?
Those apps purposely don’t make it trivial to download the files do they? You probably could but someone who swipes Tiktok all day can not.
Lots of tiktoks can be downloaded easily, but still, they can be large, why send those around when you can just send a link
For better user experience for the person receiving it.
Downloading takes time and disk space. Sending a link is easier.