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Re:Tell HN: Discord is permanently locking out users with mu... by 2Gkashmiri on Thursday July 21, 2022 @04:10AM (#32176917)
i have been holding out on installing whatsapp for as long it was an active service. i use a "business" number to get work contacts to send me stuff but never my personal phones.

i am anxiously waiting for the EU dma to be enforced so that finally i can use my matrix to connect to whatsapp/snap/fb/insta users who want to connect to me, right now they cant and its a bummer but i've stubbornly stuck to this.

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Re:Tell HN: Discord is permanently locking out users with mu... by viraptor on Thursday July 21, 2022 @07:55AM (#32178275)
I think you'll be disappointed in your specific situating. The regulation doesn't seem to force the communicators to be both open protocol and open federation. Unless I misunderstand it, Apple, Google and FB having a private federation between each other would satisfy it too.
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Re:Tell HN: Discord is permanently locking out users with mu... by 2Gkashmiri on Thursday July 21, 2022 @09:13AM (#32178922)
https://element.io/blog/the-digital-markets-act-explained-in...

this explains it nicely. i dont think private federation would cut it

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Re:Tell HN: Discord is permanently locking out users with mu... by viraptor on Thursday July 21, 2022 @09:27AM (#32179061)
That's awesome, thank you for the correction.
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