Meredith Whitakers recent talks on Agentic AIs ploughing through user privacy seems even more relevant after seeing this.

yep thats the one

what a surprise /s

$500mn+ flushed down the drain

its coming

https://9to5google.com/2025/03/04/google-fi-rcs-ios-18-4/

So what are my options here now? I run an omada system - do I move over to ubiquiti or DIY with opnsense ? if firmware is the issue then an entirely open system is what makes sense here.

This is good, more sites need paid options

Actually, paid options probably are OK. Paywalls are not great. Locks out plenty of people and furthers social divide.

And heralding the year of the Linux Desktop!

Apple will never be broken. Most of these folks use Apple and see it as the good guy versus Google, plus it would impact their daily lives.

Also once they see the mess separating Google would do, theyd leave apple in tact

This seems like the best case scenario for them.....losing Android would have been a far bigger problem

Signal messenger has been doing great work recently. Nice to see a steady tick of features

you have a source for the larry page claim?