The EU hasn't dropped it. The consultation period is still ongoing, the news was that the EU is only tending towards not regulating iMessage, but it is not set

The EU hasn't dropped it. The consultation period is still ongoing, the news was that the EU is only tending towards not regulating iMessage, but it is not set in stone yet: https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/06/imessage-will-reportedly-get-a-reprieve-from-eus-interoperability-regulation/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/06/imessage-will-reportedly-g... It is very much possible that the current kerfuffle has some bearing on future regulation. That said, iMessage is not really big in Europe, Whatsapp is, so it's more interesting for the EU to regulate that.