Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoApple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkApple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.www.bbc.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square52fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarefalkerie71@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoThere are a lot of things to hate about Apple, but this I can get behind. Get people using 3rd party messaging apps too! Preferably ones with e2e encryption.
minus-squaregchap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoPlenty of people in the UK/Europe use third party apps already, iMessage is certainly less of a big deal than it is in the US.
minus-squareFisch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI live in germany and I don’t know a single person that uses SMS or iMessage. Almost everyone here uses WhatsApp.
minus-squarePCH@geddit.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWhatsApp isn’t much better. It’s owned by Meta afterall!
There are a lot of things to hate about Apple, but this I can get behind. Get people using 3rd party messaging apps too! Preferably ones with e2e encryption.
Plenty of people in the UK/Europe use third party apps already, iMessage is certainly less of a big deal than it is in the US.
I live in germany and I don’t know a single person that uses SMS or iMessage. Almost everyone here uses WhatsApp.
WhatsApp isn’t much better. It’s owned by Meta afterall!