The latest US market share report shows the Android/iOS war might be over here. But salvation could come from an unlikely source.

TL;DR: Apple dominates the US smartphone market, but EU regulations may offer Android a chance for resurgence by enforcing messaging interoperability and standardizing hardware features.

  • maynarkh@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you think Apple will implement these changes outside the E.U. you gotta be insane.

    I’m interested in the logistics of this. I’m an EU citizen, I prefer using Signal for my messaging, but I do my share of Whatsapp with some people. What the EU mandates is that Apple provides an open API for everyone else to implement sending messages with to iMessage. So as an EU citizen, I will need to be able to use the API to send messages to other EU citizens. Will I be also able to send messages to people outside of the EU or will the API just say that’s not permitted? Does that infringe on my rights as an EU citizen? If it does, and I need to be permitted, will a group chat for example stop working as I leave if I’m the only European?