Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

  • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    1 year ago

    Are you dating or in school at the moment? I if not, it might be that you’re just oblivious to this trend, because it is definitely a thing in many social circles.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      1 year ago

      Maybe for people much younger than me. But certainly I’ve never heard of such a thing in the many years I’ve had iPhones (started with the 3).

      • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        It’s not simply an age thing. I’m in my 40s and have definitely witnessed the judgment in the dating scene.

          • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
            41·
            1 year ago

            It’s not that difficult to understand. An iPhone is a symbol of affluence, and that aspect is important to many people who are looking for a mate.

            Edited to add: And as dating has shifted to being mostly online, the first real connection you have with a potential mate outside of the apps is via text.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
              12·
              1 year ago

              Yeah, but there are Android phones which are unquestionably also a symbol of affluence, like foldables.

              • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
                61·
                1 year ago

                Don’t bring reason and logic into this. It’s not logical. It’s a wide-sweeping generality, but it is reality nonetheless.