BearOfaTime

Thank you for detailing what's wrong with RCS.

It's too little, too late, with major issues.

I was running XMPP on my phone in 2009...

Not across vendors it can't. Or at least isn't.

Not to criticise apple too badly here, but that's what will happen, as the version of RCS they use won't have E2EE.

And... It'll still be tied to your phone number. Why would I want another shitty messaging system that's tied to my phone number?

Or, they don't really need the expertise they claim to need.

Seen it numerous times since the mid-90's.

Preferred folks will stay because they're part of the in-crowd (hard to know what that is, but it's senior management building their own little fiefdoms).

The performers have options, so are either part of that in-crowd, or have opportunities elsewhere.

Some?

Hmm, say a bloody Mary? 😆

Ah, thanks, I didn't catch that part.

Ewwww

I literally had one bartender tell me they were out of sour mix and didn't know how to make one.

Record scratch <- that was my brain reading this.

That's a great test of bars/bartenders. It's so frustrating that they can't even make a basic drink near perfect every time.

To help anyone dealing with Ms crap -

get Win10 LTSC. It gets updates 2x/year, has very minimal bloat. (Or Win11 LTSC if that's what you want).

Then get O&O Shutup to reduce bloat even more.

And you can permanently license it using Microsoft's own scripts.

Scripts on Gituub.

There are some tools to ensure Recall is fully un-installed and blocked. Group Policy will definitely prevent it from ever running, and LTSC is a Pro version, so Group Policy functions properly.