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.
  • Virkkunen
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    41 year ago

    “I don’t want these Signal encrypted Matrix protocol messages on my Signal encrypted Matrix protocol messaging app, it’s a gigantic security risk”