How the Digital Markets Act could do some good

Beeper's Eric Migicovsky on why interoperability matters — and is likely inevitable

The Beeper unified chat interface (Beeper)

Yesterday, I wrote about potential downsides to the European Union’s plan to require big messaging platforms like iMessage and WhatsApp to become interoperable. Today, let’s talk about some of the potential upsides.

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