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.
  • severien@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Does anyone know what level of interoperability is required? Like basic text, pictures, emoji… or every feature including things like location sharing?

    • colonial@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Full Unicode text and images is likely all we’ll get, but honestly I never understood the appeal of all the crap they stuff into (say) iMessage.

      • severien@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        I don’t know iMessage, but some of the more advanced features in WhatsApp/Messenger are great. I use shared location almost daily, voice messages are great too.

    • ScrolloneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Good question. Because it could end up like the interoperability of MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger of the early 2000’s. It was crap.