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  • Paragone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7014·
    11 months ago

    Illegal Anti-Competitive / Cartel behaviour, yes??

    Apple, you are only exempt-from-law UNTIL the regulators decide to do their jobs honestly.

    THEN, you’re hosed.

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    • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
      203·
      11 months ago

      I mean, even the EU already exempted iMessage from the new rules.

      Because they already follow a standard. SMS and MMS.

      And with them adopting RCS? There’s nothing they can force to open iMessage.

      • jormaig@programming.devEnglish
        34·
        11 months ago

        They exempted iMessage because it’s not big in Europe. If it were as big as in the US it would’ve fallen under the DMA.

        • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
          252·
          11 months ago

          Exactly I don’t know a single person in Europe who uses or cares about iMessages. This is in the US only.

          • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            I have seen some iphone users use it with some other iphone users. But it’s very rare.

            • Akinzekeel@lemmy.worldEnglish
              9·
              11 months ago

              Literally everyone I know uses WhatsApp. It’s probably been over a decade since I last sent or received an actual SMS (except for 2FA codes).

              • macrocephalic@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                11 months ago

                I’d rather not use a meta application just to send an SMS. I have WhatsApp but it’s only for communication with overseas relatives.

                With RCS I don’t see the appeal of WhatsApp

                • sndrtj@feddit.nlEnglish
                  1·
                  11 months ago

                  The appeal is: 100% of your family and friends use it. A good fraction of businesses use it for customer service too. Not using it will have you left out of a pretty big chunk of social life.

                • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                  1·
                  11 months ago

                  WhatsApp works on Android (AOSP), while RCS only works on Google-approved versions of Android. But I am not about to use both.

            • sndrtj@feddit.nlEnglish
              2·
              11 months ago

              In the Netherlands: whatsapp. You can’t avoid whatsapp here. Telegram is used by a smaller fraction, but it got a bit of a bad rep during the pandemic due to primarily attracting anti-vax rioters.