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.
  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    It doesn’t matter if some part of system is open source. What matters is that there is some nonlibre part.

    • @Asudox
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      11 year ago

      Well, that’s correct. Apologies.