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
    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
      14·
      1 year ago

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

      • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        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.