The long fight to make Apple’s iMessage compatible with all devices has raged with little to show for it. But Google (de facto leader of the charge) and other mobile operators are now leveraging the European Union’s Digital Market Act (DMA), according to the Financial Times. The law, which goes into effect in 2024, requires that “gatekeepers” not favor their own systems or limit third parties from interoperating within them. Gatekeepers are any company that meets specific financial and usage qualifications, including Google’s parent company Alphabet, Apple, Samsung and others.

  • Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Because it gave the possibility of free text and calling over the internet , that was a big deal for many developing countries and it is very simple to use. Like I heard some Apple fanboys said that iMessage comes already installed with the phone? And on my mind I am like : How hard is to download an app and just put your phone number you are up and running in less than 2 minutes.

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      Even in non developing countries. Texting has historically been expensive and limited in a lot of the EU. My plan is still limited to something like 150 texts a month and I’d have to pay extra to work around that, but even if I did it wouldn’t be worth the money because nobody uses text here.

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      1 year ago

      You want to tell Europe is a developing country? 😂 /s

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        Lol no , It just that Europeans are not lazy as some Americans who can’t even take 2 minutes to install an app.

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          You just explained why Europeans have a lot more motivation to install it than Americans do, yet you immediately jump to laziness as an explanation for why Americans aren’t as eager to adopt an app they have little reason to care about.

          Your attempt to criticize Americans is very…what’s the word…oh yeah, lazy.

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          Damn, -3 and I didn’t even forget “/s”, what have I done wrong xD