Comment on Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform
joyjoy@lemm.ee 1 year agoFrom what I’ve read, Google just owns the reference implementation. Apple could implement it themselves, but then lose out on certain non-cross-platform features, like e2e encryption.
fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’ve read the specification. Google’s implementation is the only real implementation as Google have added a load of extensions to the protocol that means, to be interoperable, you’d need to use Google’s (which I imagine requires licensing since it doesn’t appear to be open source).
joyjoy@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s basically what I said, but better.