They did fully not exclude it from legislation yet. Apple simply contested their iMessage’s as a gatekeeper under the definition used in the act, and the Commission is in the process of determining whether or not that is true. If iMessage is determined to be a gatekeeper, Apple will only have bought themselves a few more months before they have to comply with the DMA.
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Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 months agoiMessage was excluded because nobody uses it here
Nick@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Gorgeous_Sloth@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
What’s here ? I’m French and I think 90% iPhone users use it. For what I see, Whatsapp here is more, of an app dedicated to family groups and travelling abroad
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 months ago
EU. They took a look at the market position in EU and came to the conclusion that it could be excluded from the legislation because it held such a little position. WhatsApp and Messenger are massive compared to iMessage.
Gorgeous_Sloth@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Oh alright. Too bad
SRo@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
That’s because no one uses shitty apple phones in Europe. Sure the few retards use iMessage as well, you’re right.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 months ago
statista.com/…/messengers-voip-penetration-france…
gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/france
Considering that Android and iPhone have 65% and 34% respectively market share in France, iMessage being used 24% overall sounds about right. But you can’t disregard how massive Messenger and WhatsApp are.
Gorgeous_Sloth@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Indeed ! I just thought iMessage would be a bit more used