Sunbird, an insecure app thats never worked properly, will likely cost you

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• The much-maligned app Sunbird is now telling some users that it will be charging $1.99 each month for the service.
• This is a bold move, considering the security problems the app has faced in the past, as well as the companys history of over-promising and under-delivering.
• With iPhones getting RCS support soon anyway, what is Sunbird really offering?

The Sunbird story just keeps getting stranger. The app — which promises to bring iMessage features to Android by bridging the two ecosystems through a macOS device — came back recently after taking a hiatus last year when it was revealed to be an absolute nightmare for privacy and security. Although we still havent seen anyone actually gain access to the “newâ⠂¬Â Sunbird, we have seen some new information related to it.

Thanks to Reddit posts first spotted by*9to5Google, some users are reporting receiving an email that says Sunbird will soon have a monthly fee. At $1.99 each month, Sunbird isnt asking for much. However, the app has always been free, and the companys early promotional material touted this as a major aspect of its appeal. At some point recently, though, Sunbird quietly altered this, with one 9to5Google reader pointing out that the companys FAQ on its website now says this:




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