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Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform (www.engadget.com)

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

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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.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The messages app supports SMS. That means it already “interoperates” with common messaging apps and platforms.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

SMS is the bare minimum. The only reason iPhone supports it is because it was supported before iMessage was a thing. It was also so it could still communicate with "dumb" phones.

[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 year ago

Lame excuse from Apple , we have to push for more open communications. Just like email.