WhatsApp will become interoperable with other messaging apps
10 days ago
- #DMA
- #Interoperability
- WhatsApp will become interoperable with other messaging apps in Europe due to the DMA's regulations.
- Users can opt-in to message users on other services like BirdyChat and Haiket, sending texts, images, videos, and files.
- Meta has worked for over three years with European messaging services and the European Commission to ensure compliance with DMA while maintaining privacy and security.
- BirdyChat and Haiket are the first apps to be interoperable with WhatsApp, promoting competition and user choice.
- Meta's compliance with DMA is seen as a positive step, contrasting with other tech giants' 'malicious compliance' tactics.
- Signal and Threema will not establish interoperability with WhatsApp due to their strong privacy and security standards.
- Element, an open-source messenger on the Matrix protocol, has experimented with WhatsApp interoperability but has not confirmed future plans.
- The DMA's pressure on Meta is viewed as a move towards breaking WhatsApp's messaging monopoly and fostering fairer competition.