this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
73 points (86.9% liked)

Asklemmy

43812 readers
909 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_[email protected]~

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Here in South Europe people mostly use Viber. Edit: I was very unaware about situation in Southern Europe as I've learned from this post... Most people in Croatia use Viber!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They won't use it until they are forced to 100%. iMessage has become a reason people get iphones. Peer pressure at its finest.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

At least in the EU they will be forced to do something, with the DMA going into effect next year.

And if one big market forces them, chances are they'll adopt these changes worldwide to have no fragmentation to worry about.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe Apple successfully demonstrated iMessage does not meet the minimum user threshold to be forced to open that platform to third party applications.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They did? Okay, that's kinda funny, actually

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it was something like 10% of the EU population has to use a platform, before it is mandated to be open. I message isn't that popular currently. I agree it is very hilarious

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I guess that checks out. WhatsApp is by far the most popular messaging service in Europe, even some Apple users take it over iMessage between one another