Sell ​​some fast -acting entrepreneurs Phones with the social media app Online for thousands of dollars loaded on them in advance.
BYTEDANCE voluntarily stopped the American activities of Tiktok on January 19, for hours before a deadline that obliged the parent company established in China to sell it to an entity established in the US, or to have the app prohibited due to concern about national security. As a result, Tiktok went to the background for his 170 million American users, until President Trump suspended the prohibition until the beginning of April on January 20.
Although the service has since been restored to existing users, the app cannot still be downloaded in app stores in the US, so that those in the US who do not yet have Tiktok have not yet purchased them. That’s because the law known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, makes it illegal For Appstores from Google or Apple, as well as web hosting services, to distribute or maintain Tiktok.
As a result, telephones and other devices on which Tiktok is in advance are suddenly a hot commodity. Dozens of entries for phones and tablets that are equipped with the wildly popular app have since surfaced on online market places.
Among them is an eBay offer for a device that is described as a brand new Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max, in advance loaded with tap for $ 50,000, or ‘best offer’. According to the eBay site, nearly 80 buyers keep an eye on the offer.
There are also tick-loaded devices that are offered for sale for only hundreds of dollars. Some sellers advertise with telephones with active Tiktok accounts, while others say that the app is installed, but is not linked to an account.
Ebay did not immediately respond to CBS MoneyWatch’s request to comment on the offers.
