EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
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EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
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Re: EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
#2Apple could, at the very least, have a web version like they have for many iCloud apps.
Crappy as they are, they are still life savers.
Re: EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
#3Reading the article, everything in there actually sound quite reasonable and good for users.
Re: EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
#4If stars align right for Apple, this can at least with some probability that they can kill WhatsApp in a few countries. If they implement a few features.
Re: EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
#5A 40 billion dollar fine if you don’t do as the EU says… at some point tech companies are just going to pull out of the EU, right? For most (but not all!), GDPR was worth complying with (and had benefits for citizens). This is likely to also be worth complying with (and also has benefits for citizens), but I imagine the EU is going to run out of ideas that legitimately benefit users long before it runs out of desire to levy huge fines.
Re: EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
#6For the love of $DEITY, I read 'Europe will acquire Apple to open up iMessage' and had to re-check today isn't April 1st :-)
Re: EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
#7Hey, they did say they were going to make it open at launch remember…
Re: EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
#8A 40 billion dollar fine if you don’t do as the EU says… at some point tech companies are just going to pull out of the EU, right? For most (but not all!), GDPR was worth complying with (and had benefits for citizens). This is likely to also be worth complying with (and also has benefits for citizens), but I imagine the EU is going to run out of ideas that legitimately benefit users long before it runs out of desire…
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Re: EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
#9A 40 billion dollar fine if you don’t do as the EU says… at some point tech companies are just going to pull out of the EU, right? For most (but not all!), GDPR was worth complying with (and had benefits for citizens). This is likely to also be worth complying with (and also has benefits for citizens), but I imagine the EU is going to run out of ideas that legitimately benefit users long before it runs out of desire…
Why do you assume bad faith on behalf of the EU?
Maybe when they run out of things to fine firms for that don't benefit their citizens ... they'll just stop fining them ...
Re: EU will require Apple to open up iMessage (2022)
#10If stars align right for Apple, this can at least with some probability that they can kill WhatsApp in a few countries. If they implement a few features.
What do you mean by kill WhatsApp? This wouldn't make iMessage available to everyone. It would just enforce iMessage users being able to talk with others. Which, if Apple actually implemented it in non-malicious way, would let people who use an iPhone mostly because of iMessage migrate away.