The favored Ethereum pockets MetaMask left Apple’s App Retailer for a minimum of an hour on Oct. 14, in keeping with the undertaking itself and third-party studies.
MetaMask wrote on Twitter/X:
“FYI: We’re conscious that MetaMask isn’t at the moment obtainable for obtain on the App Retailer. This [is not] associated to something malicious and our staff is working onerous to resolve it ASAP.”
Later, MetaMask introduced that its crypto pockets was “as promised, again on the Apple App Retailer” and apologized for the inconvenience.
MetaMask nonetheless has not offered any particular causes for the takedown. In statements to a number of crypto information websites, a consultant from MetaMask proprietor Consensys said that the takedown was not associated to malicious exercise, a vulnerability, or the app’s performance. Additionally they inspired customers to report any faux MetaMask apps.
Although a standing replace on Apple’s App Retailer stated that MetaMask builders took down the app, the shop has guidelines which may have required the pockets to be eliminated till builders might exhibit compliance. Apple’s App Retailer prohibits background processes reminiscent of crypto mining. It additionally has guidelines that forestall apps from gating content material and options behind crypto funds or providing in-app crypto purchases.
It needs to be famous that MetaMask just lately added a brand new characteristic that enables customers to deposit funds by a Stripe on-ramp. Nonetheless, there is no such thing as a indication that this addition triggered the takedown, and the platform beforehand supplied many related fiat on-ramps.
App shops have strict crypto insurance policies
MetaMask has been delisted from different app shops previously. It was briefly faraway from Google’s Chrome Net Retailer in July 2018. As soon as once more, no clarification was offered. Nonetheless, the elimination occurred simply earlier than a coverage change affecting mining apps, and a few speculated that the shop focused crypto apps overbroadly.
MetaMask was then delisted on Google Play in December 2019. MetaMask stated that Google incorrectly claimed that the app had mining options in violation of its retailer coverage. In each circumstances, MetaMask was reinstated on the app retailer shortly after.
Different apps have had related troubles with Apple’s App Retailer. Coinbase Pockets and Belief Pockets had been each briefly unavailable in 2022 earlier than being reinstated. Uniswap additionally reported problem acquiring an inventory on Apple’s App Retailer earlier than April 2023.
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