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It's worth remembering that Apple's privacy spin began with people noticing that Siri is a joke and other ML powered functions in Apple's software are not nearl
by fyoving 7y ago
It's worth remembering that Apple's privacy spin began with people noticing that Siri is a joke and other ML powered functions in Apple's software are not nearly as good as the competition's, so the company line basically became "our software sucks because we don't spy on you" and because tech journalists are predisposed to hate everyone else and really love framing their stories as rivals dueling they gladly adopted that narrative.
- mft_ 7y agoMy read (at the time) was that it was simply a clear play against Google/Android, as their main competitor in the mobile space.
- hi5eyes 7y agoI love how during the keynote the only real mention of siri was hey we use neural text to speech to improve the sound of the voices, otherwise yeah siri is still a shitshow that being said... I've had a macbook pro/ipad combo since like 2012 haha...
- TomVDB 7y agoWhy is that worth remembering when the end result, being privacy conscious is much more important than the reliability of Siri?
- fyoving 7y agoSays who? Personally I prefer sophisticated software that works to this ill conceived fear mongering notion of privacy.
- TomVDB 7y agoWe all have our own preferences. But whatever they are, that still doesn't mean that Apple failure with Siri as alleged reason to focus on privacy is relevant when the end result is better privacy.
- tibyat 7y agothis was not very close to the chronology at all.