"I'm not really worried about the Chinese government having my stuff. What are they going to do with it? They have no jurisdiction over me. I'm much more worried about the US government tracking me."
"Ugh, you think the government is trying to track everything on you? Conspiracy theorist much?"
I've had some mild success pushing back on these people by asking if they really think that Apple or Google is going to say no, if the chinese government comes with a sack of cash. That bought me some reprive from the most annoying parts of my immediate family.
Not to mention that the Western parts of 抖音 are ran by offices in Western countries and servers in Western countries and goes by "tiktok" in Western countries.