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Google Is Offering Serious Cash to Lure iPhone Users to the Pixel 8 (www.howtogeek.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unfortunately it's not up to Google to get Apple to open their walled garden. Regulation is what is needed here. The EU's DMA rightfully considers Google a gatekeeper in the Ads, Search, and Browser business. It's a joke they're still considering if Apple is a gatekeeper with regard to iMessage for messaging.

Apple has removed your ability to choose for yourself what to buy because of their strong grip with iMessage.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Apple has removed your ability to choose for yourself what to buy because of their strong grip with iMessage.

Over here everyone uses WhatsApp. Don’t expect the EU to solve this particular problem for you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You spelled Telegram* wrong... 😢

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are some regional differences. But iMessage is definitely not a monopoly anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, where I live, everyone uses Line. The only time I ever use iMessage is to talk with my brother back in the US. iMessage gets ignored because it’s full of spam for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh. It very much is in the US for the school aged crowd. Which means in the US there's currently about 85% of all kids growing up and becoming adults who are used to using an iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Germany? Ideleted it today

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's already in the works. All big messenger services will have to allow federation. So that you may use whatever messenger you please. This should break up the iMessage and the WhatsApp lock-in.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes I am aware that it’s not possible for google to implement it, without some kind of lawsuit. Which they should do.

I’m just saying that without it, I really can’t go back to android.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well, yeah, you can. You just don't want to