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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage (finance.yahoo.com)
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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.

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[–] ericisshort 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] FlyingSquid -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] ericisshort 6 points 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.