A while ago, when I was using a lot more Apple devices and somewhat less on my Linux laptop, a friend who also liked apples and I had a conversation. In it we said that it was a shame that WhatsApp was the first “free messaging” app, because it was far inferior to iMessage. In fact, even today it is far behind Telegram, and at the time of having that conversation it was already surpassed by other apps like Line. In the conversation we expressed our desire to be able to use the native iPhone app to send messages to Android phones, and that could be a reality if it goes ahead one of the latest proposals from the European Union.
Just like informs TechCrunch, the European Union has agreed that top messaging apps available on the old continent must be "open" and interoperable with smaller messaging platforms. That would mean that, for example, we could use iMessage to send messages to WhatsApp users, or to others like Facebook messenger.
From iMessage to WhatsApp, a proposal from the European Union
In order to get started with this, users we should accept the conditions and allow personal information to be collected, and platforms would have to allow users to choose which browser, virtual assistant and search engine we want to use.
Is this a good idea? Do we want it to happen? Well, all this has its lights and shadows. The first thing that comes to mind for me is that the privacy they promote (if it ever existed), with the end-to-end encryption, it would disappear. Or not, it is not known, but it is expected. For everything else, being able to use a messaging application, including the one that comes by default on the phone, and communicate with any other, well yes, it sounds good. I would definitely stay with Telegram, for the groups and those things, but… first this has to come out ahead. Telegram is the most widespread and what works best on Linux, so I would have it clear. Or, who knows, I'd stick with the phone app if they implement it right.
In any case, the European Union proposes many things that don't quite work out, so for now we can only imagine what things would be like and continue using separate applications.
I don't know, I think it would be a mess. From my point of view, I don't see it very convenient, at least I am, I am somewhat explicit in the use of the app. WhatsApp, only for friends and family, Messenger only to chat with unknown people and share memes, telegram for work and signal when it comes to secret information. Therefore, it would be a mess if at some point data is shared between all the apps, since at some point the information could be compromised.
I do not agree that apps force us to accept and share our data with others, I am in favor of security policies such as telegram and signan!