Comment on What happend to messenging apps interoperability in the EU?
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 weeks ago
Unfortunately none of the bigger players seem to have any interest in making use of the interoperability.
And I think Meta has made it extra hard for smaller ones.
mitram@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Aren’t they forced to? I thought that was the whole point
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 weeks ago
They are forced to offer it. But they’re not forced to use it.
If Signal wanted to federate with WhatsApp, WhatsApp would be forced to open up. But Signal doesn’t want to.
mitram@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Wait, why not?
Are they afraid users won’t feel the need to switch since you can talk to everyone either way?
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 weeks ago
Moxie says something along those lines every once in a while. He really loves the one vendor ecosystem. Says it makes it easier to react to security threats and that the security of Signal would be weaker if they had to federate with anyone.
One example I read him bring up was how WhatsApp was basically able to implement Signal’s OpenWhisper protocol exactly because they’re a closed ecosystem and don’t have to factor in third party clients or networks.
I read that in interviews and github comments over the years. But I think they also stated that officially before and after this legislation was made.