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iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] kpw@kbin.social 64 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The same right the EU has to enforce standards in money, electrical plugs, data protection or food safety. Does your country not have laws on what products can and cannot be sold within its borders?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

The only common messaging protocol is SMS, and iMessage supports that

If RCS becomes a generally supported standard (ie not just Google), then it would be fair to require Apple to support that, as one of many.

It really seems like the focus on Apple is just a distraction from the larger effort of trying to implement a new standard