The next Apple iPhone update warned republican strategists that it could suffocate millions of funds in fundraising before the mid-term elections of 2026.
Republican campaign managers and digital agents say that the next iOS 26 update, which takes place in September, will modify how text messages from Unknown numbers are filtered on iPhones.
Go ahead, this update Will create a separate backrest for messages from an unregistered number on the iPhone and does not have a chain of existing messages. As a result, these messages will no longer create a user alert, according to Fox News.
Although this update affects users regardless of political identity, some have argued that it will disproportionately affect republican operations.
Sean Dollman, founding partner of American Made Media Company and parent company of Launchpad Strategies, which organized a digital strategy for the 2024 campaign of Donald Trump, said that the decision corresponds to a familiar model.
“It is not surprising that Big Tech wants to prevent Donald Trump and other Republicans from communicating with people because they have already tried all other methods to interfere,” Dollman told Fox News.
“Big Tech has deleted it, suspended it and prohibited it squarely. And now they try to do it so that it cannot send an SMS to anyone either. But Maga will not be arrested, and Maga will always find a means.”
Apple used text filtering in the previous versions of iOS, with the optionality available as an option since iOS 13. However, the next change will be activated by default and more important, according to fast company reports.
The National Republican Senate Committee would have distributed an internal note in July warning that the change could cost republican candidates more than $ 25 million in income loss, according to Fox News.
Currently, the iOS 26 update is available for iPhone users participating in the Apple beta test program, but it has not been entirely published to the public.
Apple has not publicly discussed criticism of the update.
