You are right, but you should remember that a lot of them fled the country to skip conscript. Moreover, games are made a very long time, 4-5 years minimum and it costs a lot of money. And to make independent platform you must create a lot of games because no one will buy it if you can’t play at anything.
And why exactly it is prohibited to make fun of current trends?
I think that social media (in general, not only TikTok) are dangerous in few ways. TikTok is addicting and decrease your physical and mental health (https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/social-media-addiction/tiktok-addiction/), it could be a potential manipulation tool and spying tool (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64797355). Costs overshadow profits.
I will believe it when I see it. Who will be making games for them, I wonder.
I agree that all social media are dangerous. That’s exactly why I don’t use any mobile app related to Meta on my phone. Even on the browser I use feature of Firefox to create container tab (I don’t remember exact name of this feature) and this is the only way I run Facebook - this way Meta cannot track your cookies of your browser. I would happily cole this account but sadly all communication related for my daugher school, housing community and with some of friends is made through Messenger… I haven’t use any other social media.