After TikTok became unavailable due to a nationwide ban, desperate users turned to eBay, offering thousands for smartphones that still had TikTok installed. Users who deleted the app during the ban realized they couldn't redownload it once access was restored. Auctions show bizarre listings, including an iPhone 16 Pro Max offered for $5,000. This situation highlighted the app's popularity and users' desperation, leading them to seek out the app in extreme ways. Many expressed disappointment and frustration over not being able to retrieve the app after mistakenly deleting it before the ban ended.
"If you deleted TikTok I'm selling one of my iPhones 16 WITH TIKTOK INSTALLED $5000," one person offered on Threads.
"I deleted TikTok the day it got banned because I thought it was gonna be banned for a long time, until 12 hours later it was working again and I couldn't download it," one Apple user posted on a discussion board.
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