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 daily average of U.S. users deleting the TikTok app has increased nearly 150% over the past five days compared with the previous three months, market intelligence firm Sensor Tower told CNBC.
Some users took to social media to voice their skepticism about the new joint venture after being prompted to agree to an updated privacy policy on Thursday.



People were happy to use the Pet Cemetery version of Tiktok since Elon took office last January… Better late than never I guess.
The tiktok algorithm is what made it valuable, as well as a search function that beats Google in finding and presenting relevant results. I hope upcoming competitors can match it