SUMMARY

  • The EU has identified WhatsApp as a gatekeeper in the messaging industry and has given it a few months to enable interoperability with other apps.
  • The EU’s Digital Markets Act aims to promote fair competition and give consumers more options for alternative services.
  • WhatsApp has already begun working on interoperability with other apps, potentially allowing smaller players like Signal to compete more fairly.
  • Tomrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    Signal and also lots of other privacy focused messenger-services (threema e.g.) already said the will not implement this forced interoperability since it will lower their already high standards regarding their users privacy. Sad but i guess it makes sense :(

    • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      So users of those apps will have to install the even less secure apps to converse with “normies”. Great move.