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  • Even, editor at MacWorld, says Siri is a disaster

    From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 26 07:02:41 2023
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app after requesting a few songs within
    minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.

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  • From John@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Tue Jun 27 09:58:50 2023
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app after requesting a few songs within
    minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.



    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

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  • From Bob Campbell@21:1/5 to John on Wed Jun 28 03:43:44 2023
    John <nopam@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The
    voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple
    Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app
    after requesting a few songs within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”? That seems like a fad that ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious. The author does nothing but whine about Siri, yet he continues to use it. Typical dumbass fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off. Maybe Apple “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very few people are still trying to use it.
    No company spends time improving a product that no one is using.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Thu Jun 29 14:41:09 2023
    On 2023-06-26 07:02, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app after requesting a few songs within
    minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.

    Straw man, Little Shit.

    I never said Siri was perfect.

    What I actually said is that the "problems" you demonstrated were caused
    by your misunderstanding (comparing what a general purpose voice
    interface does with using voice within single purpose app such as Google Maps)...

    ...or deliberate contrivance on your part.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Bob Campbell on Thu Jun 29 14:42:47 2023
    On 2023-06-27 20:43, Bob Campbell wrote:
    John <nopam@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The
    voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple
    Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app
    after requesting a few songs within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”? That seems like a fad that ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious. The author does nothing but whine about Siri, yet he continues to use it. Typical dumbass fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off. Maybe Apple “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very few people are still trying to use it.
    No company spends time improving a product that no one is using.

    Siri is useful to me on a regular basis.

    In the car:

    "Hey Siri, get directions to..."

    At home (when cooking):

    "Hey Siri, set a timer for <n> minutes".

    Etc.

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Fri Jun 30 05:03:36 2023
    On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 5:44:11 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-27 20:43, Bob Campbell wrote:
    John <no...@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The >>> voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple
    Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app >>> after requesting a few songs within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”? That seems like a fad that ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious. The author does nothing but whine about Siri, yet he continues to use it. Typical dumbass fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off. Maybe Apple
    “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very few people are still
    trying to use it.
    No company spends time improving a product that no one is using.
    Siri is useful to me on a regular basis.

    In the car:

    "Hey Siri, get directions to..."

    At home (when cooking):

    "Hey Siri, set a timer for <n> minutes".

    Etc.

    Google does it better. I've tried both.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Fri Jun 30 09:27:19 2023
    On 2023-06-30 05:03, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 5:44:11 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-27 20:43, Bob Campbell wrote:
    John <no...@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The >>>>> voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple
    Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app >>>>> after requesting a few songs within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”? That seems like a fad that >>> ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious. The author does nothing but whine about >>> Siri, yet he continues to use it. Typical dumbass fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off. Maybe Apple >>> “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very few people are still
    trying to use it.
    No company spends time improving a product that no one is using.
    Siri is useful to me on a regular basis.

    In the car:

    "Hey Siri, get directions to..."

    At home (when cooking):

    "Hey Siri, set a timer for <n> minutes".

    Etc.

    Google does it better. I've tried both.

    Google doesn't do it better on an iPhone...

    ...and you've demonstrated that you lack even a basic clue about how to
    use Siri, so your opinion hardly matters.

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  • From John@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Jul 3 12:11:02 2023
    On 6/29/2023 2:42 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-27 20:43, Bob Campbell wrote:
    John <nopam@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The >>>> voice recognition errors are particularly annoying.  So is the Apple
    Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app >>>> after requesting a few songs within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”?   That seems like a fad that >> ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious.   The author does nothing but whine
    about
    Siri, yet he continues to use it.  Typical dumbass fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off.  Maybe
    Apple
    “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very few people are still >> trying to use it.
    No company spends time improving a product that no one is using.

    Siri is useful to me on a regular basis.

    In the car:

    "Hey Siri, get directions to..."

    At home (when cooking):

    "Hey Siri, set a timer for <n> minutes".

    Etc.



    Most people who think Siri works right tend to be low IQ.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to John on Mon Jul 3 23:10:46 2023
    On 2023-07-03 12:11, John wrote:
    On 6/29/2023 2:42 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-27 20:43, Bob Campbell wrote:
    John <nopam@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover.
    The
    voice recognition errors are particularly annoying.  So is the Apple >>>>> Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app >>>>> after requesting a few songs within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”?   That seems like a fad that
    ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious.   The author does nothing but whine
    about
    Siri, yet he continues to use it.  Typical dumbass fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off.  Maybe
    Apple
    “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very few people are still
    trying to use it.
    No company spends time improving a product that no one is using.

    Siri is useful to me on a regular basis.

    In the car:

    "Hey Siri, get directions to..."

    At home (when cooking):

    "Hey Siri, set a timer for <n> minutes".

    Etc.



    Most people who think Siri works right tend to be low IQ.

    I think Siri works right enough to be useful

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Thu Aug 24 06:45:11 2023
    On Friday, June 30, 2023 at 12:27:22 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-30 05:03, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 5:44:11 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-27 20:43, Bob Campbell wrote:
    John <no...@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The
    voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple >>>>> Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app >>>>> after requesting a few songs within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”? That seems like a fad that >>> ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious. The author does nothing but whine about >>> Siri, yet he continues to use it. Typical dumbass fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off. Maybe Apple
    “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very few people are still
    trying to use it.
    No company spends time improving a product that no one is using.
    Siri is useful to me on a regular basis.

    In the car:

    "Hey Siri, get directions to..."

    At home (when cooking):

    "Hey Siri, set a timer for <n> minutes".

    Etc.

    Google does it better. I've tried both.
    Google doesn't do it better on an iPhone...

    ...and you've demonstrated that you lack even a basic clue about how to
    use Siri, so your opinion hardly matters.

    No Alan, you demonstrated that you have no clue that Siri on CarPlay does not work like Siri not on CarPlay. You also admitted that your car does not have CarPlay. Therefore, you do not use CarPlay on a daily basis like I do.

    You also likely have limited experience using Google on iPhone. If you do use Google, why? Well, actually I guess you do use Google when you ask Siri a question. Apple uses Google Search as the default search engine.

    The only reason that you might find Siri useful is it's the fact that you can't make Google the default and replace Siri. Same for Apple Maps. If you ask Siri for directions it's going to bring up Apple's maps. Unlike browser and email, you can't change
    the default map source.

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Thu Aug 24 06:46:40 2023
    On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 2:10:49 AM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-07-03 12:11, John wrote:
    On 6/29/2023 2:42 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-27 20:43, Bob Campbell wrote:
    John <no...@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. >>>>> The
    voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple >>>>> Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app >>>>> after requesting a few songs within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”? That seems like a fad that
    ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious. The author does nothing but whine
    about
    Siri, yet he continues to use it. Typical dumbass fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off. Maybe >>> Apple
    “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very few people are still
    trying to use it.
    No company spends time improving a product that no one is using.

    Siri is useful to me on a regular basis.

    In the car:

    "Hey Siri, get directions to..."

    At home (when cooking):

    "Hey Siri, set a timer for <n> minutes".

    Etc.



    Most people who think Siri works right tend to be low IQ.
    I think Siri works right enough to be useful

    So Alan, with no CarPlay in his auto, thinks Siri is good enough! Wow, he really has no clue.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Thu Aug 24 14:56:21 2023
    On 2023-08-24 06:46, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 2:10:49 AM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-07-03 12:11, John wrote:
    On 6/29/2023 2:42 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-27 20:43, Bob Campbell wrote:
    John <no...@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html

    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. >>>>>>> The
    voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is the Apple >>>>>>> Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I gave up on the Music app >>>>>>> after requesting a few songs within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”? That seems like a fad that
    ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious. The author does nothing but whine >>>>> about
    Siri, yet he continues to use it. Typical dumbass fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off. Maybe >>>>> Apple
    “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very few people are still
    trying to use it.
    No company spends time improving a product that no one is using.

    Siri is useful to me on a regular basis.

    In the car:

    "Hey Siri, get directions to..."

    At home (when cooking):

    "Hey Siri, set a timer for <n> minutes".

    Etc.



    Most people who think Siri works right tend to be low IQ.
    I think Siri works right enough to be useful

    So Alan, with no CarPlay in his auto, thinks Siri is good enough! Wow, he really has no clue.

    And yet, YOU are the one who couldn't understand the obvious distinction between speaking to Siri...

    ...a general purpose voice assistant that has to understand queries far
    outside simply getting directions to a location...

    ...and tapping on a field to use voice recognition which is explicitly EXPECTING to receive a location.

    I use Siri in my car with regularity, Little Shit.

    I don't use it in conjunction with CarPlay, but that makes no
    difference, now does it?

    :-)

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Fri Aug 25 09:43:42 2023
    On 2023-08-24 06:45, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, June 30, 2023 at 12:27:22 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-30 05:03, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 5:44:11 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-06-27 20:43, Bob Campbell wrote:
    John <no...@nospam.com> wrote:
    On 6/26/23 7:02 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1957801/siri-disaster-apple-doesnt-care.html



    Yes Alan, Siri sucks. The more I use it more the issues I discover. The
    voice recognition errors are particularly annoying. So is
    the Apple Music issue he mentions. That one is so bad I
    gave up on the Music app after requesting a few songs
    within minutes of a free trial.

    Yes, I did the voice training routine. Multiple times.

    If you disagree go complain to the source, David Price.


    Its well known to any who have used it that Siri is a POS.

    Does anyone still use “voice assistants”? That seems like a
    fad that ended 3 years ago.

    The linked article is hilarious. The author does nothing but
    whine about Siri, yet he continues to use it. Typical dumbass
    fan boy.

    I’ve never used Siri, in fact its the first thing I turn off.
    Maybe Apple “doesn’t care” because their data shows that very
    few people are still trying to use it. No company spends time
    improving a product that no one is using.
    Siri is useful to me on a regular basis.

    In the car:

    "Hey Siri, get directions to..."

    At home (when cooking):

    "Hey Siri, set a timer for <n> minutes".

    Etc.

    Google does it better. I've tried both.
    Google doesn't do it better on an iPhone...

    ...and you've demonstrated that you lack even a basic clue about
    how to use Siri, so your opinion hardly matters.

    No Alan, you demonstrated that you have no clue that Siri on CarPlay
    does not work like Siri not on CarPlay. You also admitted that your
    car does not have CarPlay. Therefore, you do not use CarPlay on a
    daily basis like I do.

    I demonstrated that you don't know what Siri is versus what just speech recognition in a text box intended for locations is.


    You also likely have limited experience using Google on iPhone. If
    you do use Google, why? Well, actually I guess you do use Google
    when you ask Siri a question. Apple uses Google Search as the default
    search engine.

    What point are you trying to make?

    I demonstrated that what you THOUGHT was going on when you used the word "google" wasn't what was actually going on.


    The only reason that you might find Siri useful is it's the fact that
    you can't make Google the default and replace Siri. Same for Apple
    Maps. If you ask Siri for directions it's going to bring up Apple's
    maps. Unlike browser and email, you can't change the default map
    source.

    "Google" >< to "Siri", you stupid Little Shit.

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