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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The EU has dragged Apple through the mud in order to make them change for the better, they will be able to do the same.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    USB C was a hardware change. Economically it was not viable to run separate production lines of lightning/ USB-C phones.

    RCS is a software issue. Supporting RCS in certain regions but not others (the US for example) is much simpler.

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