[nozzlegear]

Did they lobby for an exemption, or is that just how the law is written?

[bsimpson]

The DMA is enforced by bureaucracy. The commission proposes that certain platforms are big enough to be regulated, and then there's a comment period/negotiation. The list of platforms currently being regulated is publicly available.

[bootsmann]

There is a hard number of users you have to achieve, its one of the reasons why iOS had to allow third party app stores but playstation did not.

[arter45]

In fact, Apple is still part of the DMA list with Safari, iOS, iPad OS and App Store.

[drcongo]

I might be misremembering, but I think iMessage implementing RCS was the compromise.

[hocuspocus]

Unlikely, iOS still doesn't support RCS in most European countries.

[jeroenhd]

iMessage isn't popular enough in Europe to be broken up by the DMA from what I recall.