iMessage will not be opening up. They lobbied hard in the EU and got an exemption for not being popular enough there I guess.

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nozzlegear 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Did they lobby for an exemption, or is that just how the law is written?

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bsimpson 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The DMA is enforced by bureaucracy. The commission proposes that certain platforms are big enough to be regulated, and then there's a comment period/negotiation. The list of platforms currently being regulated is publicly available.

	▲	bootsmann 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There is a hard number of users you have to achieve, its one of the reasons why iOS had to allow third party app stores but playstation did not.
	▲	arter45 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In fact, Apple is still part of the DMA list with Safari, iOS, iPad OS and App Store.

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drcongo 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I might be misremembering, but I think iMessage implementing RCS was the compromise.

	▲	hocuspocus 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Unlikely, iOS still doesn't support RCS in most European countries.
	▲	jeroenhd 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		iMessage isn't popular enough in Europe to be broken up by the DMA from what I recall.

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Hamuko 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

iMessage really isn't popular in Europe. Although the fact that any SMS sent between two iPhones automatically converts into an iMessage message means that there are definitely (accidental) users.