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

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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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