EU negotiators agree new rules to rein in tech giants
> Parliament also succeeded in convincing the Council of interoperability requirements for messaging services, meaning outfits such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger or iMessage will have to open up and interoperate with smaller messaging platforms. For group chats, this requirement will be rolled out over a period of four years.<p>This would be great. I remember using pidgin back in the day and it was really convenient to have every messaging app in one interface.