Wishful thinking. The EU set up the rules of the game, and it turns out iMessage falls outside the rules (to the EU’s dismay). Even if it would fall within th

Wishful thinking. The EU set up the rules of the game, and it turns out iMessage falls outside the rules (to the EU’s dismay). Even if it would fall within the rules, EU regulations work on a policy level, not a technical one. In other words, they can force Apple to change their policy and facilitate interoperability, but there’s no legal mechanism to force Apple to allow unauthorized use of their service. The best you can do, if you're so inclined, is hope that the EU will change the rules of the game, but that would be such a transparent attempt at targeting a specific company (a big no-no in the legal reality within the EU) that the European courts will strike it down before they finish their breakfast.