Snapchat-the immensely popular multimedia messaging platform-has been at the heart of many use-related controversies since its release in 2011. Snapchat is aware of these backdoor entrances and consistently introduces software updates to soft and/or hard block access by emulator APIs (application programming interfaces). In the past, people have been able to access the mobile app through third-party programs or mobile OS emulators such as BlueStacks. Pushing those boundaries can open the app and the company up to usability and liability issues. In short, developers want users to adhere to an app’s intended purpose. Those platforms include things like mobile operating systems (Android, iOS), standard operating systems (Windows, macOS), or web browsers (Chrome, Edge, Safari).īy gating access to their apps, companies have greater oversight regarding security risks, application misuse, and activity monitoring, to name a few. It is at the sole discretion of a mobile application developer to design and release their app on multiple platforms. What Happened?Īccessing mobile applications through a conventional computer is difficult by design.
