The pundit said it was educational material in China, and addictive content in The West.
Source: I am Chinese who does use douyin and have seen much discussion on China’s Internet on how douyin is addictive and damaging to children.
Thats definitely not true as I live there.
> Toshin found Pinduoduo to have exploited about 50 Android system vulnerabilities. Most of the exploits were tailor made for customized parts known as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) code, which tends to be audited less often than AOSP and is therefore more prone to vulnerabilities, he said.
> Pinduoduo also exploited a number of AOSP vulnerabilities, including one which was flagged by Toshin to Google in February 2022. Google fixed the bug this March, he said.
That's probably a good enough reason to stick with Pixel smartphones, if choosing Android.
But nobody found out till HTC stopped supporting it, so it just... stayed there, uninstallable because its a system app, unless you removed it with adb.
Point being that this is probably the tip of an iceberg. Datamining Android malware isnt always so easy to find.
