On its surface, the move seems like a victory for human rights: TikTok won’t be complicit in surveillance and censorship requests coming from Beijing, its move signals a clear separation between data stored outside China and data stored inside, and its willingness to take a principled stand may inspire other tech companies to follow suit. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company that also offers an equivalent product called Douyin that has many users in Hong Kong. Douyin has no plans to follow TikTok’s lead in departing Hong Kong, so even after TikTok leaves the market, ByteDance will still be able to expand its user base and revenue there.