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If you look at the lyrics of IU's 'Blueming', there’s a line that goes, "Our square box blooms, and with our thumbs, we make roses bloom." This was IU’s own way of expressing the look and feel of sending an iMessage on an iPhone.
Soon, the days of telling iOS and Android users apart by blue and green text bubbles may be over, as Google is urging the European Union to require iMessage to work with other phones.
Google and several telecom companies have sent a joint letter to European regulators calling for Apple's iMessage to become compatible with other phones. They argue that it should be designated a "core platform service" under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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The DMA is a major law that establishes strict competition rules to give users more options. Apple and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, have been labeled as ‘gatekeepers’ because they run crucial services.
The European Union has launched an investigation into whether iMessage should count as a core platform service. If iMessage is deemed an exclusive platform, Apple will have to make its iMessage features work with other mobile operating systems like Google’s Android.
In Apple's service, a green bubble means a message was sent via SMS, not iMessage. Some Gen Z Android users say they get teased for not having an iPhone. (This isn’t just a Korean thing.)
In an official statement, Apple said, “Consumers now have access to a wide range of messaging apps, and often use several at once, which shows just how easy it is to switch between them,” adding, “We look forward to explaining to the Commission that iMessage is outside the DMA’s scope.”
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