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Apple's integration of end-to-end encryption into RCS messaging closes a decade-long gap that made cross-platform texting a security liability. Green bubble SMS became the default fallback because iMessage's encryption didn't extend to Android. This move removes Apple's technical justification for the user experience hierarchy that privileges iMessage. The company now competes on feature parity rather than encryption asymmetry. RCS, despite its slow rollout, is becoming the interoperable standard that regulators—particularly in the EU—demanded. Apple implements it on its own timeline.