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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 48 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I have seen people literally say they like that iMessage is exclusive, and they like to keep Android users away/separate

It was reeking of classism in addition to being generally a terrible thing to read

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I've heard of people not responding to the wrong colored bubbles or being judgemental, like my $1,200 phone is better than your $1,200 phone?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Bullet dodged. Thinking you're hot shit because you use the ultimate basic bitch phone is just ridiculous.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I knew a 29 y/o woman that switched to iPhone so that others with iPhones would see her text messages bubble as blue instead of green. Imagine blowing over a thousand dollars so that someone else sees blue rather than green in text messages. Meanwhile, I can make the bubble colors whatever color I want on my Android.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Top whack android phones aret really cheaper than iPhones these days so it's not classism as such. Yanks just seem to love to tribalise everything, see masks during Covid as another example. I think it's a result of having a two party political system.

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