do you hate facebook but like your friends, if
you live in europe, your life might be about
to get a whole lot easier. Starting in 2020
for the european union is going to require big tech
companies like meta and apple to make it possible to
send messages between their messaging apps. That might let
an I message user chat with a WhatsApp account.
The technical name for this is in probability, and
it's part of the EU's Digital Markets Act legislation intended
at loosening big text grip on the digital market that
use thinking is that messaging locks users into the tech
giant's platforms because leaving WhatsApp or facebook messenger means losing
the ability to communicate with all your friends. But
thanks to the EU, you'll be able to send
a message from a smaller competitor like Viber to someone
using I message. And if every company signs on
, then you might be able to communicate with everyone
using just a single messaging app. This change clearly
would make life easier for consumers, but it's quite
controversial. Some technologists think it could break intend encryption
or stifle the innovation that makes messaging platforms fun.
And if smaller companies like signal or even the big
tech companies decide they don't want to use these new
technical standards to connect their massive messaging platforms. Some
argue the law is completely useless. It will take
several years before the use rules go into effect.
But if this new interoperability requirement works, it could
have a huge impact on big text behavior and the
way you communicate and of course where the EU leads
in terms of tech regulation, the US often follows --> .