
According to Wired, Apple is blocking US users from downloading or updating several ByteDance-owned apps, even when they have a valid Chinese App Store account. Here are the details.
Timing coincides with TikTok’s US divestiture
Despite being widely known for TikTok (and its Chinese version, Douyin), ByteDance develops and distributes multiple apps on the App Store. That includes Capcut, Lemon8, Lark, and Hypic.
Until recently, users in the US could download these apps as…

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