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Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform (www.engadget.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The long fight to make Apple's iMessage compatible with all devices has raged with little to show for it. But Google (de facto leader of the charge) and other mobile operators are now leveraging the European Union's Digital Market Act (DMA), according to the Financial Times. The law, which goes into effect in 2024, requires that "gatekeepers" not favor their own systems or limit third parties from interoperating within them. Gatekeepers are any company that meets specific financial and usage qualifications, including Google's parent company Alphabet, Apple, Samsung and others.

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[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The surrounding context of that statement is talking about the app, not the protocol. From the Apple user's perspective, they see no difference except for the bubble color.

[–] zeps@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They do actually, the bubbles are a different color!

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Good point!

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Isn’t the app on Apple devices called Messages? I thought iMessage was the name of their e2ee internet messaging protocol.

[+] kirklennon@kbin.social -6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Again, protocols are core to the discussion, and from the user's perspective which protocol they are using is very obvious (which, again, is core to the discussion). This isn't some trivial detail to get wrong. If they author can't carefully distinguish themselves and educate their audience, why are they even writing about it in the first place?

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You went from being pedantic to straight up disingenuous.

No reasonable person reading that line would think they were talking about the protocol. You picked out one thing you thought you could pick apart, and it makes no sense. When called out on it, you're doubling down.

Move on, man.

[–] kirklennon@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago

When called out on it, you’re doubling down.

I pointed out sloppy, inaccurate writing that hints that the writer maybe doesn't have a good grasp of the subject matter. There's nothing to "call out"; I was pretty clear from the start what I was criticizing.