Why isn't the Siri name poisoned for being terrible?

bigDinosaur 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Siri is highly useful for setting timers and is a solid 9/10 at doing so reliably.

rolosa 22 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It has. Literally nobody outside of tech bloggers like Siri AI or want Siri AI. I'm pretty positive on AI in general and having used Siri AI now since iOS 27 I can say it's fucking useless and I'm about to delete it from my devices to free up the storage.

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Kirby64 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It kind of has, although I would argue that Siri is more successful than Cortana.

If I recall correctly, the thing that made Cortana particularly frustrating and worthless is that it did all searches using Bing, and opened any websites using Edge, regardless of your default settings. You got forced to use all the Microsoft version of every tool, even if you didn't want to.

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spogbiper 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I get the impression that it is, at least to some degree

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2OEH8eoCRo0 9 hours ago | parent [-]

If the Siri name is poisoned then why doesn't Apple rebrand?

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jandrese 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Because Apple doesn't care. Siri is just something that is bolted on when you buy the hardware. Cortana was an actual product that Microsoft is trying to sell.

I don't know anybody who uses Siri for more than just setting an occasional timer or something. Usually it's a nuisance when she is accidentally activated and takes over the interface.

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drfloyd51 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Apple is stubborn.

And to Apple, Siri is to Siri AI as MacBook is to MacBook Pro.

Completely different product.

	▲	Grombobulous 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Siri isn’t in any way a tainted brand name, I hear strangers saying “Hey Siri” all the time. Asking for Siri is like an automatic reflex to a lot of people. You can’t change that name.

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