Google reverses decision to ban Pixel phone resellers

The company has reviewed banned users' appeals and re-enabled their accounts

Google has reversed its decision to disable the accounts of customers who resold the company's new Pixel phone, after a chorus of complaints over the company's imposition of a "digital death penalty" for a minor infraction.

The company emailed users who had been banned, noting that it had reviewed their appeals and re-enabled their accounts. Users had been shut down after they were accused of taking advantage of tax loopholes to earn a profit reselling the phone.