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Instead, Cook has been clear about his intentions: to democratize healthcare and empower individuals to manage their own health. With an emphasis on rigor, privacy, and healthcare partnerships, Apple’s actions bear this out.
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But the bigger point is that social tokens turn fleeting fun-and-play communities into long-lasting fun-and-work communities because social tokens turn communities into economies.
TikTok raked in nearly $4 billion in revenue in 2021, mostly from advertising, and is projected to hit $12 billion this year, according to the research firm eMarketer. That would make it bigger than Twitter Inc. and Snap Inc. combined -- three years after it started accepting ads on the platform.