In the US there is only iMessage and regular SMS. SMS is interoperable with iMessage. People are just making a much bigger deal about the green bubbles than they should.
This is a geopolitical ploy to thwart America's dominance in Tech, as a cope for not being able to produce any homegrown rivals to America's tech giants.
The EU is not exactly doing this exclusively for privacy. This is a geopolitical ploy to thwart America's dominance in Tech, as a cope for not being able to produce any homegrown rivals to America's tech giants.
Exactly. Not only do I know all my first cousins very well, but I also occasionally meet up with 2nd cousins and once a blue moon will even catch up with or run into third cousins.
I don't think anyone doubts that taller, more attractive men are more likely to be promoted or end up in positions of power. Most obvious example is presidents; average height for presidents is 6 feet.
Both the US and China are working to decouple their economies long term, starting with the most critical sectors first. Both sides are aware that there are short term consequences and some of their businesses may suffer but that in the long run decoupling will be better for their respective countries.
Tech is still immature compared to those other industries. I believe generally the more mature an industry is, the more it moves from disruption to rent-seeking. There may be a time at some point in the future to consider breaking up tech when but right now it makes more sense to break up the more mature industries.
Even with Google search being so dominant, there are alternatives like DuckDuckGo, Bing, Yahoo. Many people are also starting to use ChatGPT as an alternative to some of the things they used search engines for.
On Android you can sideload apps, install alternate app stores.
Implying these companies are monopolies is an overstatement.
FTC should go after other industries that are far more harmful to customers than tech. ISPs, healthcare/insurance, etc. Tech should be no where near the top of concerns for the FTC.
This is a political stunt. If Lena Khan and the FTC were actually interested in consumer protection, they would go after other industries first.