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Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform (www.engadget.com)
submitted 1 year 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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[โ€“] miridius@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Nobody in EU uses SMS, it stopped being a thing as soon as everyone had phones with internet and you could use better chat apps. So we don't give a crap about iMessage being open or not.

[โ€“] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I only just found out this year that text messages from IPhone or Android are a different colour in the US, and people would judge you on that.

Fuckin hell, that's elementary-school-level behaviour ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] provisional 1 points 1 year ago

I had a comment from a client who was surprised that I used Android. Apparently even the top of the line Galaxy S23 Ultra is inferior to iPhones. But I can sideload apps, run a terminal, have a real file system, and use customized launchers and app icons. But it's not an iPhone so everyone has to complain about it.

The whole situation is ridiculous.

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