Comment on Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app
qyron@sopuli.xyz 9 months agoRemember this is the same company that has to either comply with the EU bridging regulation between messaging platforms or withdraw from the market.
ironsoap@lemmy.one 9 months ago
I think they dodged that as well… arstechnica.com/?p=1989111
“Android users’ hopes that Apple’s iMessage would be forced to open up in the European Union have been dashed. Bloomberg reports that iMessage won’t qualify for the EU’s new “Digital Markets Act,” allowing Apple to keep iMessage exclusive to Apple users. …”
qyron@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
They skipped by the skin of their teeth. For now…
Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Basically because nobody in Europe uses iMessage. This is a WhatsApp town.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Speak for yourself. I’m a Signal user.