Which Instant Messenger will be the first to interoperate?
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Resolves to the company - designated as gatekeeper under the EU's Digital Markets Act - that first lawfully fulfils a competitor's request to provide interoperability with their instant messenger.

Companies currently identified as gatekeepers are:

  • Alphabet

  • Amazon

  • Apple

  • ByteDance

  • Meta

  • Microsoft

  • Samsung

  • Update 2025-02-01 (PST): - Meta will be considered as offering interoperation based on their official statement, even if successful interoperability has not yet been achieved. (AI summary of creator comment)

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I am counting Meta as offering interoperation, even though I have not yet seen anyone successfully interoperate with them:

https://developers.facebook.com/m/messaging-interoperability/

Meta at least already promised ActivityPub support.

Oh wait, Threads is not a service targeted by DMA.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/06/dma-gatekeepers-named/

@LudwigBald This is only about the "22 core platform services" identified by the commission, isn't it?

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@marktweise Activity pub wouldn't count, it needs to be an instant messenger for the market to resolve. So realistically it could be iMessage, WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. Though iMessage isn't on the list in your article.

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