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.

  • Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Steve Jobs in his announcement of FaceTime back in 2010 said it was gonna be open-source. That never happened.

    They wanted it to work with a peer to peer protocol, but then got sued by a company I can’t remember, so they instead relied on relay servers.

    Sure, you could use FaceTime on Android and Windows (and I guess Linux and FreeBSD), but you have to visit a specific website and have an invite link from someone who has an Apple device. Not very open-source if you ask me.

    Walled gardens make money, and add frustration.