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Will Apple Charge for Its Siri Chatbot?
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Apple under Tim crook has been a major disappointment. They are strictly selling off past and name. Sooner he’s gone and someone with some innovation takes over the better.
His lack of leadership and seeing AI coming is reason enough to let him go!
His lack of leadership and seeing AI coming is reason enough to let him go!
There’s no scenario where I would pay for Siri chatbot….
Hopefully this is included in the current Apple subscription. If not, I think a lot of Apple supporters will be disappointed!
Why would anyone here care? Many months ago everyone vowed to not use Apple AI. And if it were installed on their phone, they would quickly remove it.
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I would only pay for Siri if they removed all of the "safety guardrails" and let you use the AI freely.
I'm not paying for a handicapped useless assistant. Also, isn't some of the $1,000+ cost on my smartphone supposed to cover this? If Apple is going to nickel and dime people, they'd better be prepared to lower the cost on their devices SIGNIFICANTLY.
I'm not paying for a handicapped useless assistant. Also, isn't some of the $1,000+ cost on my smartphone supposed to cover this? If Apple is going to nickel and dime people, they'd better be prepared to lower the cost on their devices SIGNIFICANTLY.
A silver lining: If it’s paywalled, I can have full confidence it’s truly disabled.
The only thing I want from the Google AI integration is an off switch that protects my data.
The only thing I want from the Google AI integration is an off switch that protects my data.
I turned off apple intelligence the other day and don't miss it, if that conveys how much I'd be willing to pay for a siri chat bot.
I seriously want to know who wants to converse with a phone.
I want Siri to set a timer. Not tell me how to.
I want Siri to set a timer. Not tell me how to.
Better get the pro gemini that also gives you like 2tb in google one and other stuff...
That's too funny. They can't make Siri work properly and they are working on another Siri style gadget that is supposed to be released in two years, but will be eventually be forgotten. Apple does not know what to do and where to go now. The current direction must go. Apple is now a headless company. Without proper and genuine guidance, how can Apple engineers really know what they should do?
They could have a free one with a snooty accent and is rude, then a paid one that is sweet and polite.
Apple seems to be pushing a model where Siri remains on the phone, with calls to the internet to get information, instead of Siri being in the cloud. It's a good model for privacy, as a lot of what you might want to do with a digital assistant can use your own personal information; it's a security risk to pass that across the internet or store it elsewhere. If they haven't changed their mind on that, I can see them creating a new Siri that has a small enough model not to take up too much space on a device while delivering a good enough experience for what people mostly want. And, if it's on-device, then it's not constantly exercising a data center, so there's no reason to charge more for it (i.e. it's just part of the iOS experience).
So, it would actually be useful at the "digital assistant" level and be able to understand what you're asking without requiring the "correct" phrase. Siri does that now sometimes...my three year old has managed to get a HomePod Mini to play and stop music through interacting with Siri to get to the right statements (plus our example of course). A Siri that can do that without requiring my daughter to ask it several times in odd ways would be useful, and then if it could call out for movie times or whatever available on the web that would cover that aspect. Siri doesn't need to do all the things that Gemini, Claude, etc can do, it doesn't need a database of the entire internet to help you schedule a meeting or set an alarm, and Apple doesn't need to compete with those other software companies as it is building hardware first.
I don't know if Apple will actually take this path, maybe they will just focus on making a clone of Gemini and Apple-fying it. If that's the company now, then they will charge for it, at least the more extended features. I guess I'm hoping that they still think different enough to do it this way instead of go for the cash grab, I guess we'll find out later this year.
So, it would actually be useful at the "digital assistant" level and be able to understand what you're asking without requiring the "correct" phrase. Siri does that now sometimes...my three year old has managed to get a HomePod Mini to play and stop music through interacting with Siri to get to the right statements (plus our example of course). A Siri that can do that without requiring my daughter to ask it several times in odd ways would be useful, and then if it could call out for movie times or whatever available on the web that would cover that aspect. Siri doesn't need to do all the things that Gemini, Claude, etc can do, it doesn't need a database of the entire internet to help you schedule a meeting or set an alarm, and Apple doesn't need to compete with those other software companies as it is building hardware first.
I don't know if Apple will actually take this path, maybe they will just focus on making a clone of Gemini and Apple-fying it. If that's the company now, then they will charge for it, at least the more extended features. I guess I'm hoping that they still think different enough to do it this way instead of go for the cash grab, I guess we'll find out later this year.
I f#¤€ing hate subscription models with every fibre of my body. I stay clear of them like the plague...
„…as an apology for the delayed Apple Inteligence feautures this will be free for 1 Year to all Users“*
*After that it will cost 50$ Per Month
*After that it will cost 50$ Per Month
This is right where my mind went also.
Do it! Charge for it!
(so those of us who don't want anything to do with it can be sure it's off, by not paying for it)
Similar to what they did with Satellite texting. They have some money to throw at this for a bit. It's most likely already allocated from other projects in Ai.
And this is something too many here often like to dismiss. As if they can't fix Siri. And if they could, they better not charge for it! Cause they suck at Ai!!! Blah blah blah. If it turns into a really useful feature that's worth paying for. People will pay for it. Just like they do for everything else they value enough to pay for.
Pay for an AI that’s censored and gatekeeps? They’re joking. I cancelled SuperGrok because of that.
Right now I do pay for Claude, because I’m doing a lot of coding and I wanted to see if Opus was better than Sonnet, and if I’d still run into the same caps.
The difference to me is that Claude is useful. The others are nothing that I can’t do without them.
Right now I do pay for Claude, because I’m doing a lot of coding and I wanted to see if Opus was better than Sonnet, and if I’d still run into the same caps.
The difference to me is that Claude is useful. The others are nothing that I can’t do without them.