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🚫 “My app was banned from the Play Store because of a wallet that doesn't even hold funds.”
This was the message from Raul, a Filipino developer who, for three days, watched months of work be ripped from the Play Store.
His project was simple: a non-custodial open-source wallet, focused on financial inclusion for small merchants in Asia. He did not hold private keys, nor did he touch users' crypto. Yet, his app was taken down due to Google's new policy.
The confusion? The Play Store decided to apply a unique criterion: to ban any wallet app without a federal license — ignoring the fact that non-custodial apps do not require any license.
The outrage was great. The community reacted. And Raul, along with hundreds of developers, pushed back. Result: Google backed down and corrected the policy, finally distinguishing between custodial and non-custodial wallets.
📲 This story shows the real conflict between Web2 and Web3. Centralized platforms still have much to learn about decentralization — but it seems that, with enough pressure, even the giants can listen.
#cryptointegration
This was the message from Raul, a Filipino developer who, for three days, watched months of work be ripped from the Play Store.
His project was simple: a non-custodial open-source wallet, focused on financial inclusion for small merchants in Asia. He did not hold private keys, nor did he touch users' crypto. Yet, his app was taken down due to Google's new policy.
The confusion? The Play Store decided to apply a unique criterion: to ban any wallet app without a federal license — ignoring the fact that non-custodial apps do not require any license.
The outrage was great. The community reacted. And Raul, along with hundreds of developers, pushed back. Result: Google backed down and corrected the policy, finally distinguishing between custodial and non-custodial wallets.
📲 This story shows the real conflict between Web2 and Web3. Centralized platforms still have much to learn about decentralization — but it seems that, with enough pressure, even the giants can listen.
#cryptointegration
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