TikTok is again, however the place are Wonder Snap, CapCut, and Lemon8?
TikTok has returned — at least partially — in america following a national ban, however different well-liked ByteDance-owned apps, such because the virtual card sport Wonder Snap, video modifying app CapCut, and the social platform Lemon8, are nonetheless blocked. None of those apps, together with TikTok, are these days to be had to obtain at the Apple App Retailer or Google Play Retailer, both.
Even though many customers anticipated CapCut and Lemon8 to be suffering from the legislation banning TikTok, Marvel Snap’s ban took some through wonder — together with its personal developer. On Sunday morning, the sport studio 2nd Dinner said in a post on X, “This outage is a wonder to us and wasn’t deliberate. MARVEL SNAP isn’t going any place.” Wonder Snap is revealed through Nuverse, a sport developer owned through ByteDance.
Customers seeking to open Wonder Snap, CapCut, and Lemon8 will see a message very similar to the only TikTok displayed when it went darkish on Saturday evening. “A legislation banning CapCut has been enacted within the U.S,” the pop-up inside of CapCut reads. “Sadly, that implies you’ll be able to’t use CapCut for now. Leisure confident, we’re running to revive our carrier within the U.S. Please keep tuned!”
Each Google and Apple show notices to customers seeking to seek for ByteDance-owned apps. Whilst the Play Retailer says, “Downloads for this app are paused because of present US criminal necessities,” a banner at the App Retailer notes, “TikTok and different ByteDance apps aren’t to be had within the nation or area you’re in.”
It’s nonetheless now not transparent when Wonder Snap, CapCut, or Lemon8 will get started running once more or once they’ll reappear in cell app shops.