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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

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[–] echo64 126 points 1 year ago (54 children)

The pressure doesn't matter, apple makes a legitimate amount of money from people scared of being a different colored bubble. Unless someone actually writes it into law and makes a provision that all the bubbles must appear the same, nothing will change

[–] incompetentboob 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I don’t get why more people don’t understand this. There is literally no way Apple is going to ditch iMessage or open it up voluntarily.

[–] alvvayson 29 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Cue the EU.

They already got Apple on USB-C, repairability and RCS are next.

[–] incompetentboob 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’ll find some way to make it cumbersome and difficult to use so that no one bothers.

[–] alvvayson 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm sure their shareholders will appreciate getting billion euro fines.

/s

At best they will keep it out of the US market, until US regulators get up to speed.

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