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Re:EU will require Apple to open up iMessage by pbhjpbhj on Thursday March 02, 2023 @09:58AM (#34996424)
What sort of features would prevent a client from receiving a text-based message? XMPP used to work across platforms but commercial interests killed it. Surely, messaging clients can publish a protocol and provide a reference library for others to use to directly contact users on their platforms?
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Re:EU will require Apple to open up iMessage by owlbite on Thursday March 02, 2023 @10:12AM (#34996612)
Well looking at Apple's more recent features for iMessage, Animoji and Memoji related features are presumably non-trivial to slap into an existing app.
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Re:EU will require Apple to open up iMessage by mattrighetti on Thursday March 02, 2023 @10:19AM (#34996711)
I was thinking just about those, same goes for reactions for messages on other platforms, stickers, etc.
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Re:EU will require Apple to open up iMessage by dghlsakjg on Thursday March 02, 2023 @11:28AM (#34997863)
Why, is that true?

They interoperate fine with older iPhones, Macs and iPads that don't have those features.

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Re:EU will require Apple to open up iMessage by tekknik on Thursday March 02, 2023 @10:11AM (#34996592)
It’s called SMS
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