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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage (finance.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

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[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nobody I know uses iMessage (or RCS for that matter) here in Germany. Most people use WhatsApp.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

I think this is an American problem

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not nobody, it's number three after WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger (both owned by Meta).

So yeah, the EU is definitely focusing on Meta, but iMessage, Signal and RCS (Google) are large enough to all be in scope of the regulation.

I don't know if things like Snapchat are also in scope.

Edit: got corrected below. WhatsApp and Messenger are in scope, iMessage is being reviewed.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the EU is definitely focusing on Meta, but iMessage, Signal and RCS (Google) are large enough to all be in scope of the regulation.

Signal and RCS are not in scope. You can see the targeted services here, for communication it's currently just WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. iMessage is being discussed but that's it. Signal and RCS don't have a large enough share, Signal is tiny and RCS is not even a blip on the radar. If anything it's going to be Viber and Telegram next. Viber has a 25x larger userbase than Signal, Telegram about 10x, and WhatsApp is about 75x. Here's a chart to give you some idea.

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, that clarifies it!

[–] SpookySnek@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Funnily enough, here in Scandinavia next to nobody uses WhatsApp, we pretty much exclusively use sms/RCS/iMessage and Snapchat. Sometimes Messanger. Weird how different it is