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I wouldn’t be surprised if the response was a Chrome-esque “drown the competition in feature velocity” approach. iMessage could add new features (with totally n
by merrywhether 5y ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if the response was a Chrome-esque “drown the competition in feature velocity” approach. iMessage could add new features (with totally necessary payload shape updates) fast enough to prevent any integrations from working well and competing effectively. Throw in some EME-style approval-requiring binary blobs to enable decryption and a dash of CSAM-style regulation compliance and open vs closed won’t really matter (like we’ve seen on the web so far).
- soperj 5y agoHopefully regulators catch on to that crap.
- pmontra 5y agoThey can do that as long as they keep the interoperability. Text with UTF8 emojis should be enough to start with. Actually I expect the usual outrage about limiting innovation or threats to leave the EU but consider that this interoperability is also a moat especially if they agree on some complicated protocol with no previous implementation.
- paxys 5y agoI'd say that's a feature not a bug. Let iMessage roll out exploding balloons and whatever else they want in every update. I want to use my own client which should just stay compatible with the core functionality – sending lines of text back and forth. And if they are deliberately breaking existing third-party apps for no reason, well I'm sure EU courts would like to have a word.