Except people at one point realized that IE is shit and switched to better alternatives. I don't see this happening with WhatsApp - everyone and their great grandfather uses it and all other messengers are niche occurrences

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the EU, Microsoft also got forced to tell people about alternative browsers. Maybe the DMA will be WhatsApp's equivalent.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And then what? Networking effect is why Whatsapp is used. What's the point of using a superior chatting app if no one I know uses it?

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reading the links provided would have answered your question.

Provisions for ensuring a higher degree of data portability, interoperability, and access to data for the platform's business and end-users.

There is some discussion on if this means that 3rd party apps can develop for chat platforms, and it seems so at face value. eg, gaim/pidgin or trillian can make a come-back and you can use whatever client you want to access the Whatsapp platform. Nothing would then stop an app from natively integrating whatsapps apis alongside their own.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'm not naive enough to assume Facebook would open up their walled garden.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

But they will be forced to.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 points 1 year ago

sigh

Reading the links provided would have stopped you from writing this comment.

including fines of up to 10% of the worldwide turnover.

No company is going to risk losing 10% of all their total monies for non-compliance.

Facebook is estimated to make 116.6 billion US dollars per year. They will not give up 11.7 billion dollars every year as a fine.

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird, I don't know anybody that uses WhatsApp.

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Are you American by any chance?