SUMMARY

  • The EU has identified WhatsApp as a gatekeeper in the messaging industry and has given it a few months to enable interoperability with other apps.
  • The EU’s Digital Markets Act aims to promote fair competition and give consumers more options for alternative services.
  • WhatsApp has already begun working on interoperability with other apps, potentially allowing smaller players like Signal to compete more fairly.
  • jackoid@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    Probably won’t. WhatsApp is already huge. Threads was a new platform with artificially inflated user numbers.