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

submitted 10 months 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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[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

But the statement made is not incorrect. I agree that a note that it's because the conversation switches to S/MMS would be handy, but they're not incorrect.

(When photos and videos are sent to an Android user through iMessage), (Android users receive lower-quality photos and videos [via being downgraded to SMS/MMS).

[–] kirklennon@kbin.social -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

The statement in the article is literally incorrect. You cannot send a message to an Android user through iMessage. That fact is at the core of the discussion and they got it wrong. It’s not degraded from an iMessage. The conversation is just happening over SMS/MMS, as the Messages app has supported since launch in 2007.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

The surrounding context of that statement is talking about the app, not the protocol. From the Apple user's perspective, they see no difference except for the bubble color.

[–] zeps@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They do actually, the bubbles are a different color!

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Good point!

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