After a week-long drama, Google has restored the Android client of MetaMask on its Play Store.
The update was made public on the first day of the decade by the blockchain platform on Twitter, in which it revealed that the decision was taken after “careful consideration.”
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Happy New Year! Upon careful consideration, Google has permitted The MetaMask mobile app back on the Google Play (Android) store! Thanks to all the believers in an open web for speaking out in our support! https://t.co/Z8KOCtvHq0
— MetaMask (@metamask_io) January 1, 2020
The issue with MetaMask is similar to the confusion created on the part of Google with multiple crypto-specific content creators.
Google-owned YouTube recently took down multiple crypto-specific videos, even targeting many large content creators. However, the video-sharing platform admitted that this was done in error and has started to restore the videos.
This made the crypto-specific influencers rethink their dependence on a centralized platform as many had started to explore some decentralized alternatives.