Tentatively exempted. The decision isn’t final.
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Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 6 months agoI mean, even the EU already exempted iMessage from the new rules.
Because they already follow a standard. SMS and MMS.
And with them adopting RCS? There’s nothing they can force to open iMessage.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 6 months ago
jormaig@programming.dev 6 months ago
They exempted iMessage because it’s not big in Europe. If it were as big as in the US it would’ve fallen under the DMA.
filister@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Exactly I don’t know a single person in Europe who uses or cares about iMessages. This is in the US only.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
I have seen some iphone users use it with some other iphone users. But it’s very rare.
lordxakio@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Curious, what are the most popular apps used?
Akinzekeel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Literally everyone I know uses WhatsApp. It’s probably been over a decade since I last sent or received an actual SMS.
breakingcups@lemmy.world 6 months ago
WhatsApp
shrugal@lemm.ee 6 months ago
According to this:
sndrtj@feddit.nl 6 months ago
In the Netherlands: whatsapp. You can’t avoid whatsapp here. Telegram is used by a smaller fraction, but it got a bit of a bad rep during the pandemic due to primarily attracting anti-vax rioters.
Eggyhead@kbin.social 6 months ago
In Japan and a lot of Asia, most people use LINE. I actually have only one circle of friends on iMessage, and only because we’re all Apple enthusiasts.
polle@feddit.de 6 months ago
TIL iMessage is still a thing.