Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service".

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service".
Date	2024-02-15 16:08 +0000
Organization	NOYB
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Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> <<< Apple?s iMessage is not being designated as a ?core platform 
> service? under the European Union?s Digital Markets Act (DMA), the 
> European Commission announced today. The decision means the service 
> won?t be hit with tough new obligations, including a requirement to 
> offer interoperability with other messaging services. The Commission 
> also opted against designating Microsoft?s Edge browser, Bing search 
> engine, and advertising business as core platform services. >>>
> 
> https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/23990679/apple-imessage-european-union-digital-markets-act-core-platform-service

  So *this* time Apple is happy for doing *not* so well in the EU/
Europe! :-) (Same for Microsoft.)

> Oddly: "Meta, meanwhile, has seen two of its messaging platforms, 
> WhatsApp and Messenger, designated as core platform services under the 
> DMA, and has been working to make them interoperable with third-party 
> services."

  Don't know about (Facebook) Messenger (I don't know anybody who uses
Messenger [1]), but the non-requirement for iMessage and the requirement
for WhatsApp are obvious. As has been said many, many times, iMessage is
used very little in the EU, *because* WhatsApp is the major platform
with 90+% penetration rates in most European countries.

<https://www.doofinder.com/en/statistics/who-uses-whatsapp-the-most>

[1] Somewhat funny: The Messenger page (<https://www.messenger.com>)
doesn't even have a button/link for the Android app (but at the bottom
it has a trademark notice for "Google Play"), but of course there is a
Messenger app for Android.

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European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-15 10:11 -0500
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    Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-15 15:17 -0500
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                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-02-19 15:47 -0800
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-02-25 20:37 +0100
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-25 16:08 -0500
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            Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-25 16:05 -0500
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          Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-02-19 16:29 +0000
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                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-20 12:48 -0500
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                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-20 14:18 -0500
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-02-20 20:07 +0000
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-20 18:04 -0500
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                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-02-21 13:39 +0000
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-21 10:10 -0500
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                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-20 14:16 -0500
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-02-20 20:52 +0000
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-20 18:11 -0500
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-02-21 10:12 +0000
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-21 08:24 -0500
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                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-22 14:06 -0500
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                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-02-20 21:22 +0000
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                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-02-20 18:14 -0500
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-02-21 12:58 +0000
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-02-21 13:50 +0000
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-02-21 23:29 +0000
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Mickey D <mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net> - 2024-02-20 16:26 -0500
              Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-02-19 19:20 +0000
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Larry Wolff <larrywolff@larrywolff.net> - 2024-02-19 15:52 -0500
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2024-02-19 21:02 +0000
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Larry Wolff <larrywolff@larrywolff.net> - 2024-02-19 17:27 -0500
                Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-02-19 14:49 -0800
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