You can say the same thing about the black hole in the center of the Milky Way, our Sun, the Earth’s warm core, or the very fabric of the universe itself, etc.

They allow life to happen, but eventually, life is going to get snuffed out. Entropy is the eventual end state of all we know.

It’s going to be to their advantage to claim that they’re shutting down, even if they actually want that $50B buyout. If they say they’re going to sell, they’re going to lose what little leverage they have left. The public that wants TikTok will get TikTok, and the public is going to stop pestering politicians about it.