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
    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.