Title: iOS 26’s new Messages feature has political fundraisers freaking out Post by: HCK on August 01, 2025, 04:05:05 pm iOS 26’s new Messages feature has political fundraisers freaking out
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/07/ios-26-unwanted-senders.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>iOS 26 adds a new opt-in filtering system to the Messages app that tucks away messages from “Unknown Senders” into a separate tab.</p> <p>Punchbowl News (https://punchbowl.news/article/senate/nrsc-apple-ios-fundraising/) (via Daring Fireball (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/07/28/nrsc-letter-ios-26) and Political Wire (https://politicalwire.com/2025/07/28/republicans-say-apple-update-will-hurt-fundraising/)) reports that Republicans in Washington, D.C. are already freaking out about the fundraising implications of this new feature, warning that it “could cost them $25 million in fundraising revenue.”</p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="ios-26" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" data-post-id="1011766" href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/28/ios-26s-new-messages-feature-has-political-fundraisers-freaking-out/#more-1011766" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: iOS 26’s new Messages feature has political fundraisers freaking out (https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/28/ios-26s-new-messages-feature-has-political-fundraisers-freaking-out/) |