EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, approved

Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by cmckn on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:05PM (#32173041)

I don't think it's realistic. One example:

> Make core messaging functionality interoperable. They lay out concrete examples like file transfer

Google, Apple, and Amazon are supposed to design, ratify, implement and ship a universal messaging standard in 6 months? This won't happen even if they skip the first two steps and use an existing standard.

Apple ships a new iOS version in September, when this timer is supposed to start. Are they supposed to upend their entire release cycle and ship these major changes to their OS by March?

I've used iPhones for years, and I'm totally down with these bullet points. But I think we can all chuckle at the timeline, given the scope of this.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by yardstick on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:39PM (#32173346)

> Google, Apple, and Amazon are supposed to design, ratify, implement and ship a universal messaging standard in 6 months?

If they all agree that email or sms is the common messaging standard, is that problem solved?

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by bagacrap on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @07:24PM (#32173734)

sms is already interoperable... does this law say they have to remove iMessage to make all messaging lowest common denominator?

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