I've been daily-driving a mac for 10 years now and I've only ever triggered Siri by accident. I do use it pretty regularly on the phone, mostly to set timers, get directions, and call contacts, but I've been well trained over these years to not expect it to be capable of more than that.
I've been using an iPhone 12 Mini since however long it's been out, never used Siri intentionally either, would prefer to disable it fully, but CarPlay for some reason cannot be used without Siri, even though I never use Siri. I consider it 1st party malware at this point.
It’s because they’d prefer you interacted with CarPlay with voice rather than looking away from the road.
An admirable objective, but given how “well” siri has worked in the past, an unrealistic one. We’ll see if 27 is a significant improvement. If I had to bet, I’d bet no, at least for the next year.
> It’s because they’d prefer you interacted with CarPlay with voice rather than looking away from the road.
So given I don't want to look at the phone nor speak with Siri, can I turn off interacting with the phone at all while it's connected? No, somehow, they do it the opposite way, and oh no, accidentally I need to also agree that Siri can listen all the time and also agree to...
Come on, it's very transparent what they're doing. Siri on or off doesn't make me or others look more or less on the phone. Forcing Siri on, forces us who don't use Siri and don't want to use Siri, to accidentally trigger Siri while we fucking drive, which is absolutely horrible.
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An admirable objective, but given how “well” siri has worked in the past, an unrealistic one. We’ll see if 27 is a significant improvement. If I had to bet, I’d bet no, at least for the next year.
embedding-shape · · focus · HN ↗
So given I don't want to look at the phone nor speak with Siri, can I turn off interacting with the phone at all while it's connected? No, somehow, they do it the opposite way, and oh no, accidentally I need to also agree that Siri can listen all the time and also agree to...
Come on, it's very transparent what they're doing. Siri on or off doesn't make me or others look more or less on the phone. Forcing Siri on, forces us who don't use Siri and don't want to use Siri, to accidentally trigger Siri while we fucking drive, which is absolutely horrible.