To be punk rock. The main reason I see thrown around is most younger users don't care if China has their user data and understand that the government is banning it for their own selfish reasons (money).

if China has US consumer's data they can do very little harm as they lack enforcement. So its not a big deal to use Chinese owned social media app.

US however, if it has data on US users, has all the means to cause harm to US users, starting from censorship and persecution.

UK and Germany for example are jailing people for social media posts

https://www.standingforfreedom.com/2024/08/think-before-you-...

Because deep inside, most people are still children, desperate to declare their autonomy.

Apparently currently they’re posting tons of 3d printed gun content. People are weird.