Tiktok Is Back, But Where Are Marvel Snap, Capcut, And Lemon8?

TikTok has returned — astatine slightest partially — successful nan US pursuing a nationwide ban, but different celebrated ByteDance-owned apps, specified arsenic nan integer insubstantial crippled Marvel Snap, video editing app CapCut, and nan societal level Lemon8, are still blocked. None of these apps, including TikTok, are presently disposable to download connected nan Apple App Store aliases Google Play Store, either.

Though galore users expected CapCut and Lemon8 to beryllium affected by nan norm banning TikTok, Marvel Snap’s prohibition took immoderate by astonishment — including its ain developer. On Sunday morning, nan crippled workplace Second Dinner said successful a position connected X, “This outage is simply a astonishment to america and wasn’t planned. MARVEL SNAP isn’t going anywhere.” Marvel Snap is published by Nuverse, a crippled developer owned by ByteDance.

Users trying to unfastened Marvel Snap, CapCut, and Lemon8 will spot a relationship akin to nan 1 TikTok displayed erstwhile it went acheronian connected Saturday night. “A norm banning CapCut has been enacted successful nan U.S,” nan pop-up incorrect CapCut reads. “Unfortunately, that intends you can’t usage CapCut for now. Rest assured, we’re moving to reconstruct our activity successful nan U.S. Please enactment tuned!”

TikTok, connected pinch respective different ByteDance-owned apps, unopen down successful nan US conscionable hours earlier nan national divest-or-ban rule went into effect connected January 19th. The prohibition too affects TikTok Studio, TikTok Shop Seller Center, Hypic, Lark - Team Collaboration, Lark - Rooms Display, Lark Rooms Controller, and Gauth: AI Study Companion.

Both Google and Apple show notices to users trying to hunt for ByteDance-owned apps. While nan Play Store says, “Downloads for this app are paused owed to existent US ineligible requirements,” a banner connected nan App Store notes, “TikTok and different ByteDance apps are not disposable successful nan authorities aliases region you’re in.”

It’s still not clear erstwhile Marvel Snap, CapCut, aliases Lemon8 will commencement moving again aliases erstwhile they’ll reappear successful mobile app stores.