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Globally, iMessage is way down the pecking order; the rest of the World uses, in order, WhatsApp, WeChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram and Snapchat. Google are

by sbuk 3y ago

Globally, iMessage is way down the pecking order; the rest of the World uses, in order, WhatsApp, WeChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram and Snapchat. Google are bitter because it cannot get a decent service to compete despite having 70% of the global market and despite so many different attempts, which is largely down to their institutional ADHD and confused product strategy. Their claim that iMessage is a "core" service under the DMA is laughable and spiteful. If they give a crap, they ought to be going after Meta, which has by far and away the most significant part of the European messaging marketplace.

sjg 3y ago
I believe Google - WhatsApp issue is coming next year thanks to the EU (https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/16deuim/europe_designated_whatsapps_service_as_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/16deuim/europe...) [EU LInk - https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4328 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_...] Will be interesting to see what happens although Apple isn't defined as a Gatekeeper in Europe yet, due to market share of iMessage however that may changed based on another investigation later in the year. I wouldn't be surprised if both of these events are relate
olyjohn 3y ago
Google is so fucking dumb. They had the market with Hangouts. Everybody used to be on it. And they fucking burned hangouts users over and over, and now nobody uses it. They blew it, and now they should suck it up and realize they can't compete and are not going to be able to compete for years now because of how they fucked their users multiple times. Nobody is going to want to use a Google product for their messaging for a long time, until their trust is rebuilt. I guess this means their only path is for them to start suing everybody until something opens up for them. What they should do, it just give it up. This kind of shit is not good for anybody. Using the guise of openness, by saying Apple's shit is not open is hypocritical as fuck too.

by sbuk 3y ago

sjg 3y ago

I believe Google - WhatsApp issue is coming next year thanks to the EU (https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/16deuim/europe_designated_whatsapps_service_as_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/16deuim/europe...) [EU LInk - https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4328 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_...] Will be interesting to see what happens although Apple isn't defined as a Gatekeeper in Europe yet, due to market share of iMessage however that may changed based on another investigation later in the year. I wouldn't be surprised if both of these events are relate

olyjohn 3y ago

Google is so fucking dumb. They had the market with Hangouts. Everybody used to be on it. And they fucking burned hangouts users over and over, and now nobody uses it. They blew it, and now they should suck it up and realize they can't compete and are not going to be able to compete for years now because of how they fucked their users multiple times. Nobody is going to want to use a Google product for their messaging for a long time, until their trust is rebuilt. I guess this means their only path is for them to start suing everybody until something opens up for them. What they should do, it just give it up. This kind of shit is not good for anybody. Using the guise of openness, by saying Apple's shit is not open is hypocritical as fuck too.