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That's nonsensical. Reddit has a monopoly on Reddit - of course it does. Any service online is under no obligation to allow for widespread interpoperation - th

• hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
  > Any service online is under no obligation to allow for widespread interpoperation - that would be madness. Lol, "madness". The Digital Services Act in the EU would like a word.
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  • nicce 3y ago
    You are confusing with Digital Markets Act. https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/about-dma_en https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/about-dma_en
  • GeekyBear 3y ago
    Although the final determination is not yet locked in, the word is that Bing and iMessage have been found to not be popular enough in the EU to fall under the DMA. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-06/apple-imessage-set-to-avoid-eu-s-digital-dominance-crackdown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-06/apple-ime...
    • nicce 3y ago
      You can see full list of current decisions here without paywall: https://digital-markets-act-cases.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers https://digital-markets-act-cases.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers
• unyttigfjelltol 3y ago
  It's madness for monopolistic communications providers to refuse interoperability.
  • madeofpalk 3y ago
    iMessage is far from monopolistic. Messages on iPhone is interoperable with any other mobile device - it supports SMS!
    • V-eHGsd_ 3y ago
      > it supports SMS! and isn't RCS support coming too?