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lxgr parent
They don't need to. Almost nobody uses iMessage in the EU, since everybody is on WhatsApp.
smartbit
More than 10% of europeans use iMessage, enough for EU Digital Market Act to force Apple to adopt RCS and thereby trying to circumvent opening iMessage itself
xctr94
Apple’s own argument is this isn’t true. A “major number of users” have iMessage turned on automatically, but aren’t active users.

If even Apple says iMessage isn’t used by at least 45 million EU citizens… (to qualify for gatekeeper status)

ThatPlayer
If iMessage gets declared a gatekeeper, RCS wouldn't be enough. Not all iMessage users can send/receive RCS or SMS.
TerrifiedMouse
> Not all iMessage users can send/receive RCS or SMS.

What do you mean? If Apple includes RCS like they did SMS then it would operate as follows:

Is target an iPhone with iMessage enabled? Yes? Use iMessage. No? Fallback to RCS. RCS doesn’t work? Fallback to SMS.

kalleboo
Your carrier would have to support RCS, right? Do any EU carriers do that?

Even carriers that supported RCS, like Vodafone, have shut it down https://9to5google.com/2023/03/27/vodafone-rcs-messages-andr...

Apple won't make the iPhone fall back to sending RCS though Google servers (like Android does) if there isn't carrier support for it, they'll just say "there is no RCS support on your carrier" and go for SMS.

vitorgrs
I'm not sure it would follow. as part of the act is to allow other apps to request interop in these services like iMessage or WhatsApp.

But I guess it was worth to try this instead of directly opening iMessage for interop, for business reasons.

ThatPlayer
iPads can do iMessage. iPhones with no phone plan can do iMessage. iPod Touches, used to be the cheap messaging devices for kids before phone plans became more widespread. Macbooks. Those cannot send or recieve SMS/RCS.
isametry
And last but not least iMacs, Mac minis, Mac Studios and Mac Pros.

The word "Mac" encompasses all of those, just fyi.

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