It’s #GetTheMessage, regulatory style.

Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage::iMessage serves should be regulated under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), Google and a group of major European telcos has told the European Commission.

  • @KbobabobEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    You got a source for that?

      • @KbobabobEnglish
        -1•1 year ago

        So their implementation is RCS standards with an added encryption layer. What’s the issue?

        • DrunemetonEnglish
          5•1 year ago

          I have no dog in this race.

          That being said, I guess it’s that it belongs to Google, is therefore propriety, and they have a less than stellar record with honoring privacy and/or keeping projects going.

          Add on that telecoms didn’t want RCS to have encryption, which is why the default standard doesn’t have it, and you have a clusterfuck of privacy concerns, longevity concerns, and licensing concerns.

          Then there’s the abuse factor: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/1/23150243/google-rcs-ads-india-spam-verified-business

          • @KbobabobEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            So, then the argument here is to just use standard RCS without encryption?