Apple’s RCS Reluctance, Self-Snitching Hackers, and Amazon’s Car Cart: A Hilarious Weekly Tech Roundup

Apple’s begrudging RSVP to the RCS Messaging Standard Adoption party may seem about as enthusiastic as a sloth on a treadmill, but it’s a necessary compromise. Why? Because the EU’s tech industry scrutiny is harder to ignore than a karaoke-singing elephant in the room. Just remember, Apple still thinks iMessage is top dog for secret-keeping.

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So Apple has finally decided to join the RCS party, but they're not too thrilled about it (surprise, surprise). Why should they be? RCS isn't secure by default and Apple's iMessage is already a pretty slick operation. But hey, at least we'll get better interoperability, right? Just remember to keep your secrets on iMessage, folks.

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