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Mitron App is back on Play Store; founders deny Pakistani Code Sourcing

Google Play Store suspended Mitron with Remove China Apps. But as it turns out, the former lip-syncing app is back on play store.

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Mitron App is back on Play Store; founders deny Pakistani Code Sourcing

Mitron came out as an Indian alternate to the Chinese TikTok lip-syncing app. But earlier last week, Google Play Store suspended the app, along with the Remove China Apps stating that it violated Google's Privacy policy. But as it turns out, the app is back on play store.

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What was the Pakistani Controversy around Mitron?

In late-May, Mitron was facing backlash even before Google removed the app from Play store. After a Pakistan coding company, Qboxus claimed that one of the founders, Agarwal bought the source code of "Tictic" from them for $34 (roughly around Rs 2,500). He added that the founders rebranded it as Mitron without making any customisations to the code.

However, the founder-duo Shivank Agarwal and Anish Khandelwal countered this claim. They said that they bought the initial prototyping code from the Envato marketplace, an Australian company, and not Qboxus.

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The founders also claim that they are the legal owners of the codebase of Mitron. They called it "Made-In-India". They also said that they revamped the entire initial code. This was to ensure that the app was scalable and safe.

How come Mitron is suddenly back on Play Store?

The founders Shivank Agarwal and Anish Khandelwal told Indian Express that their app came back on Google Play store after they complied with the request for the proper documentation needed as a UGC platform.

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Is the app safe?

For one, the founders have claimed that the app is Indian and not Pakistani. They have also assured that they store the user data on servers located in AWS servers in Mumbai. “We have made a hell lot of customizations and we assure that personal information is safe on our servers,” they said.

Mitron is currently available only on Google Play store. The duo plan to soon launch the app on Apple App store.

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