alt Hacker NewsiMessage will not be opening up. They lobbied hard in the EU and got an exemption for not being popular enough there I guess.
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Hamuko • yesterday at 7:51 PM
iMessage really isn't popular in Europe. Although the fact that any SMS sent between two iPhones automatically converts into an iMessage message means that there are definitely (accidental) users.
Did they lobby for an exemption, or is that just how the law is written?