[topato]

But what about the companies that make the machinery that you produce software for? Shouldn't they have the right to prevent you from accessing their built hardware and force companies to get service from them directly? Obviously I don't know what your company does exactly, but it and Microsoft are both very bad examples. This is closer to a Telcom/Basic Utility law issue, imsg is used by roughly half of Americans, more than half in Europe, and is the default way to text message on this "basic utility" platform. Interoperability should be a given and it's closer to a Ma Bell situation This is starkly similar to the tweaking of antimonopoly practices that needed to be hammered out back in the 80s to break up Bell.

[doix]

> imsg is used by roughly half of Americans, more than half in Europe

Is it really used by more than half in Europe? Obviously anecdotal, but I have never encountered it. Almost everyone is on WhatsApp/Telegram/FB messenger or some other non-SMS based app.