Amid the TikTok shutdown, in a uncommon transfer, Apple revealed an announcement and a assist doc itemizing all affected apps which are inaccessible within the U.S. The iPhone maker sometimes doesn’t publish info for when it blocks apps.
Notably, different ByteDance apps, together with CapCut, Lemon8 — which surged in the previous few months — and Marvel Snap, are additionally a part of the blocked apps. Here is the complete record of apps that Apple has eliminated:
- TikTok
- TikTok Studio
- TikTok Shop Seller Center
- CapCut
- Lemon8
- Hypic
- Lark – Team Collaboration
- Lark – Rooms Display
- Lark Rooms Controller
- Gauth: AI Study Companion
- MARVEL SNAP
In the assist doc, Apple famous that the corporate is following the regulation by blocking all these apps.
“Apple is obligated to comply with the legal guidelines within the jurisdictions the place it operates. Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — together with TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will now not be accessible for obtain or updates on the App Store for customers within the United States beginning January 19, 2025,” the corporate mentioned.
The doc additionally highlights that people who find themselves visiting the U.S. and have the App Store set to a non-U.S. area received’t be capable of replace the app or buy in-app objects for these apps.
TikTok and different ByteDace apps are banned because of a invoice handed final yr that will power the corporate to promote the brief video app or face a ban. Last week, the Supreme Court upheld that regulation, leading to Apple and Google blocking the app late on January 19.
