> It does matter. Both things are a problem

in theory

in practice people in the US clearly demonstrated that they don't care, as long as their hunger for instant gratification is satisfied.

This is like saying that in theory heroin is a problem but in practice people have demonstrated that they don't care because lots of people do heroin.

No. Heroin it's a problem and it's in fact listed among the banned substances.

TikTok is not banned and when rumors spread about the government wanting to shut it down, people protested.

I've never seen people protesting for heroin, honestly.

So, no! your analogy is faulty.