[Renaud]

I really don't understand how they managed to wiggle themselves out of this. iMessage only works on Apple hardware which actively prevents communication between users of other devices (Windows, Linux, Android).

Sure, their argument is that people use other messaging apps when they need to communicate with people on other platforms, but that was one of the main points of the DMA, to make the products provided by Gatekeepers interoperate with other services.

So it means WhatsApp will be required to operate with other services, but they won't be able to do that with iMessage because Apple isn't required to participate...

I'm curious how this will all pan out and how these services will twist their interpretation of the legislation to make sure they remain dominant and keep users in their silos.