It's March 7th‚ the big deadline day for the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The law came into effect on Thursday‚ so all the big tech companies operating gatekeeper services must have updates in place to accommodate the requirements. For Apple‚ it's iPhone sideloading support via iOS 17.4. For Meta‚ that means WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger interoperability (interop‚ as Meta calls it) chats. How about users? I'm a European who will be able to take advantage of all these DMA-related benefits. I already know I don't want sideloading on iPhone (or Android‚ for that matter). But interoperability seems like the dumbest requirement of the DMA‚ a feature I don't want to take advantage of in WhatsApp or any competing instant messaging app that might be labeled a gatekeeper.  Meta's explanation of how WhatsApp interop will work is also the best explanation for the unnecessary interoperability requirement. Why go through all this trouble to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place?  Continue reading... The post WhatsApp interop explanation proves how unnecessary the DMA is for chat apps appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals AirPods Pro 2 are back down to $199‚ but only at one retailer Today’s deals: $60 Ring Stick Up Cam‚ $260 HP Stream laptop‚ Sony home audio sale‚ Samsung microSDs‚ more Cut your energy bills in 2024 with ecobee smart thermostat deals Best Fire TV Stick deals for March 2024

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