Daily Crunch: ‘Copy-from-China’ social media app Lemon8 squeezes its way into US top 10
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- That’s one a-spicy application: ByteDance’s latest hit, Lemon8, which some describe as a cross between Instagram, Pinterest and Amazon, is now sitting among the top 10 apps in the U.S. However, Rita says Lemon8 is more like another app called Xiaohongshu and discusses why ByteDance may have taken another page from the China playbook.
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