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

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

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.


Apple is stubborn.

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

Completely different product.


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.


On my Pixel I don't even open the Play store for this

Settings, System, Software Updates, App updates

Bonus that any OS or Google services updates are here too


> If you know what you're doing, WordPress fine.

Probably true, but for whatever reason Wordpress seems to attract an awful lot of people that do not know what they are doing


Anecdote: we contracted a web page, and the guy started saying "it would be a Wordpress. It has very bad press, but it's because it is widely used". Ok, we start developing in the latest version of php, and soon he say "we have to go down a couple phpversions, because x pluging don't work in the latest". Requested version had a dozen critical CVEs. Plugin in question did something really basic, like a preview card with OpenGraph data, or something like that. Something a junior could code in a day.

And that is insecure Wordpress: people lego-mounting sites without touching code, only with plugins.


> And that is insecure Wordpress: people lego-mounting sites without touching code, only with plugins.

Works as intended, that's why WP has been so popular


Pros: it has a low entry barrier

Cons: it has a low entry barrier


it really is like the meme..

Apple users to Windows users: I feel bad for you

Windows users to Apple users: I don't think about you at all


Some keyboards of the time period even came with a special "general midi mode" specifically for this, i recall the ensoniq TS12 I used at the time did

"On Monday, Aug. 31, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) issued a memorandum revoking existing permits for automated license plate recognition (ALPR) systems, commonly referred to by the brand name "Flock cameras," that are installed within the right of way of roads on the State Highway System."

Very first paragraph. "Flock" is basically being used like "Kleenex" here


downdetector.com is showing Gemini issues as well


That’s just because lots of people are checking if Gemini is down, and downdetector only tells you if lots of other people are viewing that downdetector page


https://www.reuters.com/world/us/apple-maps-changes-name-lak...

Apple updated it yesterday. If I were Google I'd turn down that refresh rate and let someone else take the bad PR next time


There is no bad PR, 99% of people don’t care.


calling it "Google's war" is an interesting take. No doubt they have added some hoops to jump through and reduced freedoms, but Apple has been leading the charge against installing arbitrary software for decades.


sometimes I wish I was born a few decades earlier. it would have been fun to work on things like this when they were new


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