Google argues iMessage should be regulated by the EU's Digital Markets Act

Re:Google argues iMessage should be regulated by the EU's Di... by pests on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @05:21PM (#38197988)

If you don't use iPhone and Apple implements RCS then it is your decision to send data to Google by your choice of which phone you choose.

If you do use iPhone then you could selectively choose not to RCS texts contacts that you know use a Google RCS implementation.

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Re:Google argues iMessage should be regulated by the EU's Di... by nerdjon on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @05:30PM (#38198118)

That doesn't seem to be the case based on how I am understanding what was said?

If RCS goes through my carrier it is up to my carrier if it's Google's implementation or not? Meaning Google's servers or not?

If the person I am talking too is on an Android phone I would also assume the same, that the text is likely going through Google's servers at some point.

Needing to know whether or not a specific contact is using Google's RCS implementation seems like quite the hassle when "Google" is the flaw for RCS in my opinion.

If I am misunderstanding, I would love to be corrected.

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Re:Google argues iMessage should be regulated by the EU's Di... by pests on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:47PM (#38199416)

Oops. I had a brain fart and was linking RCS to phone model not to service provider. You should be correct afaik.

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