SUMMARY

  • The EU has identified WhatsApp as a gatekeeper in the messaging industry and has given it a few months to enable interoperability with other apps.
  • The EU’s Digital Markets Act aims to promote fair competition and give consumers more options for alternative services.
  • WhatsApp has already begun working on interoperability with other apps, potentially allowing smaller players like Signal to compete more fairly.
  • elouboub
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    811 year ago

    Why is this being presented as “whatsapp will be the one and only” instead of “whatsapp won’t be the only option”? The DMA will users to install nearly any chat app and chat with users from another chat app.

    • KaynA
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      1 year ago

      Where are you getting “the one and only” from? Are you misinterpreting “one-stop solution”?

      • elouboub
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        111 year ago

        What are you interpreting “one-stop solution” as?