I didn't install tick tock on my new phone but it doesnt matter. Facebook is full of tick tocks. Instagram is full of tick tocks. Even YouTube is now showing me tick tocks. Tick tock is a psychological weapon and you can't change my mind..
Here are some articles about TicTok.
They are just food for thought.
1 Living in a Moment: Impact of TicTok on Influencing Younger Generation into Micro-Fame https://www.amity.edu/gwalior/jccc/pdf/jccc-12-19-19.pdf
2 ON ADOPTED INTENTION OF SHORT VIDEO APPS BASED ON PERCEIVED VALUE AND VAM THEORY https://www.dpi-proceedings.com/index.php/dteees/article/view/34012/32599
3 How does the Booming Short Video Affect Attention Economy?
http://ojs.bbwpublisher.com/index.php/PBES/article/view/2014
4 Getting glued to TikTok® – Undermining the psychology behind widespread inclination toward dub-mashed videos
https://www.amhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9171;year=2019;volume=20;issue=2;spage=76;epage=77;aulast=Kumar
5 On the Psychology of TikTok Use: A First Glimpse From Empirical Findings
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.641673/full
6 Toxic TikTok Trends https://www.jsr.org/hs/index.php/path/article/view/1687