EU declares Apple iMessage and Microsoft’s Edge and Bing are not gatekeepers

13 February 2024
Apple and Microsoft dogged a bullet.

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Well duh. Market share wise, iMessage and Bing are nothing compared to Whatsapp and Google.

Meanwhile, will the EU look at how Google forces OEMs to pre-install Chrome in their Android devices to get certified?

    .alpha, 13 Feb 2024Apple is one of the biggest doner to a certain party in the... moreFavorable to US.

      Well force ban would do.
      Several millions of people will learn how to live without some apps and without Apple it self.
      50 years ago life was lot better than now.

        Ouifuf, 13 Feb 2024Sad that they only consider EU users, if they counted US us... moreBut I thought android users despised anything and everything Apple-related 😟

          This was expected. As many have stated, iMessage is mainly US-centric.
          What is interesting is that no EU companies are being labeled “gatekeepers.”
          Where Nokia? Ericsson? Spotify?
          I guess when you can’t innovate, you have to legislate.

            Sad that they only consider EU users, if they counted US users imessage would hugely pass the threshold. Also the simple fact you can't get imessage on anything but Apple products unlike bing and edge is anti consumer.

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              • Anonymous
              • pkp
              • 13 Feb 2024

              Time to shut down EU

                Sad day

                  Yes

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                    • .alpha
                    • 4}u
                    • 13 Feb 2024

                    Apple is one of the biggest doner to a certain party in the US, and EU depends on that party to pass laws favorable to EU

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                      • Lister
                      • pLY
                      • 13 Feb 2024

                      *Cries in Google"

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Q9x
                        • 13 Feb 2024

                        While you can use other messaging apps and apple doesnt force imessage on you, microsoft pushes their updates, their edge browser like cancer on you

                          The whole Microsoft Edge situation is stupid, but Apple is not a gatekeeper of messaging anywhere outside of the US, so unfortunately the EU can't do anything when it has no jurisdiction over the US, who are too in bed with corporates to do anything.

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