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Apple iMessage is already interoperable. They support SMS. If another messaging system wants to work with iMessage they should support SMS.
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I’ve not yet finished this episode but as I was listening to the conversation about messaging apps I had two thoughts come to mind. If the EU law only says the application has to allow 3rd parties access to the basic feature of the app, then iMessage AKA messages arguably has that built in with the fallback to SMS and the support to SMS not iPhone devices.
As for old messengers. I still remember my BBM pin:232C946E. Haven’t had that device for well over a decade but still can remember the id code.
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Not really, iMessage doesn’t offer E2E Encryption over SMS, it doesn’t offer interaction with Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, RCS, Threema or the other big messaging services. Probably why nobody I know uses it.
Likewise, adding hearts, thumbs up etc. to a message doesn’t work properly.
(And, yes, none of those currently interoperate with each other either.)
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It says “a high level of security” not “with no reduction in security.” So the hot take kind of falls apart, although it was a nice attempt at spreading FUD.