The Kimoji app credited to Kim Kardashian succeeded in doing just what her derriere did – it broke the Internet. Well, at least, it broke the servers. That’s what happened when the Kimoji app collided with consumer demanded and overwhelmed the Apple store, reported Vanity Fair .
Does the fault for the server crash belong to Kim and the Kardashian team or to Apple? The finger is getting pointed at Kim, or more specifically, the development team behind the Kimoji app, rather than Apple. Just as with that infamous nude magazine cover that crashed the Internet, Kardashian claims that she broke Apple’s website with her Kimoji app.
Apple, I’m so sorry I broke your App Store!!!
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) December 21, 2015
Kim tweeted about her personalized emojis, which consist of 250 Kimmy images to download that range from her Paper magazine cover caboose to a waist trainer and the infamous “ugly cry.” Kardashian asserted on social media that it was the outcry for her Kimoji app that caused the Apple app website to crash.
I can’t believe so many people downloaded my KIMOJI app that it affected the entire app store!
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) December 21, 2015
But was it Kim’s butt’s popularity that caused the crash because the Apple site could not handle the demand or Kardashian’s own Kimoji app that had problems?
A source told VF Hollywood that Apple’s app store experienced no technical difficulties during the supposed problem period. Moreover, those who had trouble downloading the app found that the problems didn’t stop there. They had issues using the emojis for the purpose for which they were designed; inserting them into texts or on social media.
Kardashian, however, repeatedly tweeted her own belief that it was due to her popularity and the Kimoji app’s success.
Ahhhhhhhh I still can’t believe we broke the entire App Store!!!! #KIMOJI
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) December 21, 2015
However, Kanye West apparently isn’t having any problems. He and Kim are enjoying hotter-than-hot sexting marathons, according to Hollywood Life .
As Kardashian recovers from having her new baby, Saint West, Kanye is enjoying sexting with the Kimji app.
“Kanye’s obsessed with Kim’s Kimoji app. He thinks she’s sexy and the baddest b**** on the planet, as she’s the first to do something of this magnitude. He’s infatuated with the new characters, especially the ones that show her curvaceous body,” a source revealed to Hollywood Life.
“Kim’s not ready to have sex, as she’s still recovering after giving birth to Saint. So as a substitute, they’ve been sexting, using her Kimojis. Kanye texted her and sent her the Kimoji with her panties at her ankles and wrote I can’t wait for this day again. Kim replied me either, lol. This has become a fun substitute for sex for them while Kim rests and heals.”
As for the Apple store healing from the onslaught of Kimoji app fans? No healing is needed because the App Store is doing just fine, according to Apple Insider .
Apple shared that the App Store did not have the problems described in all those reports and Kim’s tweets. And following the release, it’s now ranked highest for paid iPhoneapps in Apple’s iOS App Store charts.
As for what that means in download numbers, the Kimoji app was so popular that it recorded 9,000 downloads per millisecond at one high point, according to TMZ .
And while some sources, as noted above, claim that the fault is that of Kardashian’s team rather than the Apple store itself, TMZ says it was informed that the Apple app store itself had not been prepared for the onslaught of downloads, and thus, began to crash. The company’s tech team “shored it up,” according to TMZ.
Regardless of who’s to blame for the problems, you’ll still need to pay $1.99 to have the Kardashian-themed emojis for your very own.
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