Never let it be said that animpending national app banandswarming billionaire vulturesever stopped TikTok from plowing ahead.
But if a fresh leak is true, TikTok may want to rethink the logo for its new app.
TikTok already lets users share photos to its app, which appear as videos in its feed.
They can even post multiple photos, which users can scroll through like the carousel on Instagram.
AssembleDebug also spotted the icon for the TikTok Photos app in the code, which may seem strangely familiar.
On paper, this app identity makes sense.
But in reality, TikTok has ended up with an icon that looks a lot like PayPal.
The resemblance is problematic, primarily because the apps have drastically different use cases.
And thats a good point, but theres another issue: The icon is ugly.
It looks like a multicolored blob or the beginning of a Tetris game.
It also doesnt really convey photo app at first glanceunlike Instagrams camera icon.
When I look at it, I dont really know what it wants me to do.
Its entirely possible that this new app will never see the light of day.
Companies brainstorm new ideas for their products all the time.
Some get rolled out to the public, while others die in development.
But creating a new photo-sharing app when your app already supports photos doesnt make that much sense.
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