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Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage (www.theverge.com)
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Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage::iMessage serves should be regulated under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), Google and a group of major European telcos has told the European Commission.

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[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They should open up RCS first before making demands of Apple.

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

RCS is an open standard, isn't it? Are you referring to the E2E encryption that Google added to Android?

[–] Venetas@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Googles implementation of RCS, the one they are pushing as standard, is indeed proprietary

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You got a source for that?

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services

So any RCS w/ Encryption that you see is referring to Google’s implementation that only runs on Google servers.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So their implementation is RCS standards with an added encryption layer. What's the issue?

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have no dog in this race.

That being said, I guess it’s that it belongs to Google, is therefore propriety, and they have a less than stellar record with honoring privacy and/or keeping projects going.

Add on that telecoms didn’t want RCS to have encryption, which is why the default standard doesn’t have it, and you have a clusterfuck of privacy concerns, longevity concerns, and licensing concerns.

Then there’s the abuse factor: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/1/23150243/google-rcs-ads-india-spam-verified-business

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

So, then the argument here is to just use standard RCS without encryption?

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Apple users have no issues receiving my images.

They can't send me anything.

Apple is the one that needs to cut the shit first.