Marvel Snap, CapCut, Lemon8 and different ByteDance apps have additionally shut down within the US alongside TikTok

It’s been unclear within the leadup to the TikTok ban what the destiny of mum or dad firm ByteDance’s different apps can be, however now we all know: they’ve gone darkish within the US too. On the identical time TikTok went offline this weekend, so did different apps ByteDance has developed or is affiliated with, together with the favored video-editing instrument CapCut, the social media platform Lemon8 and Marvel Snap. All at the moment are displaying messages to US customers that their companies are unavailable. , Chief Improvement Officer for Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner, wrote on Threads that getting caught up within the ban “was a shock to us” and that the workforce is engaged on getting it again on-line.

Second Dinner echoed this on and in its in-app message to customers, including, “MARVEL SNAP isn’t going anyplace.” Whereas Marvel Snap was created by the US-based developer, its writer Nuverse Video games is a ByteDance subsidiary. Different Nuverse video games look like affected too.

CapCut and Lemon8 could also be much less shocking casualties, each having been developed by ByteDance, however given the regulation’s give attention to TikTok alone as its goal, their shutdown continues to be positive to come back as a shock to many customers. CapCut is extensively used for video enhancing, particularly amongst social media creators. And plenty of TikTok customers on the lookout for an alternate in mild of the ban flocked to Lemon8; just some days in the past, Lemon8 was the on the App Retailer.

On a brand new help web page, listed a number of the apps that may shut down within the US and TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8 and Marvel Snap are all on there, together with Lark, Hypic — an AI photograph enhancing instrument — and Gauth: AI Research Companion. However there are numerous others that aren’t listed which may be swept up in it too.

“Apple is obligated to observe the legal guidelines within the jurisdictions the place it operates,” Apple mentioned in an announcement on the help web page. “Pursuant to the Defending People from Overseas Adversary Managed Functions Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — together with TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will not be out there for obtain or updates on the App Retailer for customers in america beginning January 19, 2025.”