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Note that the law does not prohibit TikTok from operating. It prohibits companies like Google and Apple from distributing it, and according to this article, they are in fact not distributing it.
TikTok shut off voluntarily and that appears to have been an excellent PR move, but we won't know for certain until Trump does or doesn't do something about it in the next few days.
TikTok may trust Trump but Apple and Google are much better off acting like the law is in force and could be used against them.
TikTok also was and still is acting like the law is in force - the law does not require it to shut off. They aren't taking any legal risk.