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iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
The only common messaging protocol is SMS, and iMessage supports that
If RCS becomes a generally supported standard (ie not just Google), then it would be fair to require Apple to support that, as one of many.
It really seems like the focus on Apple is just a distraction from the larger effort of trying to implement a new standard