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Gone on Android's Play store as well. But considering TikTok has gone out of their way to "comply" with the ban (including blocking anyone who's account was associated with a US phone number, even those outside the US), I think they are both trying to show the US government that they are obeying, and also getting US citizens to get loud about it all at once. All that to say, I think it's Bytedance that pulled their own apps.

Which honestly, if they let people around the ban with VPNs it could put those in the government's crosshairs which, considering our government's incompetence about technology, could be dangerous.