Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.
Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.
The technology giant says it could remove services such as FaceTime from the UK over potential changes
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There are a lot of things to hate about Apple, but this I can get behind. Get people using 3rd party messaging apps too! Preferably ones with e2e encryption.
86 1 ReplyPlenty of people in the UK/Europe use third party apps already, iMessage is certainly less of a big deal than it is in the US.
20 0 ReplyDon't forget canada. So many people here use imessage or whatsapp
5 0 ReplyFor sure. I live in Asia, and the Green vs Blue bubble thing that probably only exists in the US is just so mind boggling to me.
2 0 ReplyI live in germany and I don't know a single person that uses SMS or iMessage. Almost everyone here uses WhatsApp.
1 0 ReplyWhatsApp isn't much better. It's owned by Meta afterall!
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i can recommend signal
10 1 ReplyElement is on the App Store
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