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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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[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The fuck is with all these comments? Since when are we siding with Apple and closed off communications standards around here?

[–] snowe@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Since Google is just trying to get people to use their closed off communication standard (they added a bunch of stuff to RCS and that’s what they want the eu to force Apple to use). And I don’t trust Google with anything anymore, not sure why you would. The killed by Google website is proof enough of that.

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

The EU isn't going to swap one closed proprietary service for another. If iMessage is included under the DMA as a core platform service, it will require Apple to permit interoperability. I.e. the creation of open APIs. Google, and anyone else, can choose to build connectors into their own apps.

[–] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

It's a bit shocking to see actually. But Lemmy kind of surprised me from time to time.

Anyhow, it would be really nice to see iMessage work with RCS.

[–] AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

We're not. Just calling out the hypocrisy of Google.