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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    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).

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      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.

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        1 year ago

        Ok, fair, I’ve been married for over two decades. I don’t get why anyone would care though.

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          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.

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            1 year ago

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

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              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.