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mulcahey@lemmy.world 1 day agoIn my case, I worked for someone who only communicated via iMessage. When I got hired they said, “Either get an iPhone or figure out some magical way to get iMessage on Android.”
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Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 1 day ago
That’s some bullshit. What was the job?
mulcahey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wish I could say! But many influential people in tech/media/politics are iMessage diehards, and she was no exception
nutcase2690@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’d respond “If it is required for the job, send me a business phone that has imessage”. I hope that you didn’t subsidize their business expense on your own dime
mulcahey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nah, I had them buy me a used Mac Mini for $50. But you’re right: if they made me get an iPhone it would have been on them