Have you heard of Apple's decision on the rollout of Siri AI in Europe?
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@zsolt @tragivictoria @EUCommission @gklka There is a misunderstanding of cookie alert here : alert is when the site tracks you and steal your data. Not about cookies. Sites not tracking the user do not have the alert
@uzakl @tragivictoria @EUCommission @gklka The cookie alert was the result of a regulation. It made some things better (privacy) and others worse (UX). Lawmakers should think about the worse part.
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@webjac @richlv @EUCommission The reasons we have crappy products is because people think "the invisible hand of the market" will fix all problems (it doesn't).
We'd still have bias-ply tires, leaded gas and lap belts if it was up to companies to sell whatever they wanted.
@Javensbukan @richlv @EUCommission the invisible hand of the market is not good enough of its own. Regulation is needed in markets where competition is scarce, I agree. I just disagree in this level of regulation on this market, I think it end up hurting more than helping.
But that balance is hard to get right, it fluctuates and not everyone thinks the same, so I’m pushing for what I think is right in this case.
Also radial tires? Is there a better choice? I have no idea! Tell me more!
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@zsolt @gklka @EUCommission Then let the other things access the same stuff. Then it's on them to integrate well.
And yes, EU accepted the crappy malicious compliance. It shouldn't have. The rules should be stricter, not more lax.
As for what's the point: Android. Without Apple being forced, Google wouldn't allow third party stores either (they fight tooth and nail against it! The difference is that they made the "mistake" of allowing them early, without being forced, to gain market share I guess).
Rules apply to and affect more than just one company's customers. It sucks for Apple users that Apple only does malicious compliance, but that's on Apple. It helps everyone else. It would help Apple users too, if the rules were stricter.
@algernon @zsolt @gklka @EUCommission
to gain market share I guess
from what i know a lot of the people who worked on android in the early days actually cared about not being evil. it was built out with a very explicit intent of making it an open platform. then at some point management started getting uppity about that i suppose
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or Americans to fucking vote and make the USA more like the EU
but cynicism and perfectionism and just plain laziness
@benroyce Multiple ancestors of mine left Europe for some very good reasons. I'll stay and fight it out here--starting at the ballot box. @FrancoisPrague @EUCommission
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@uzakl @tragivictoria @EUCommission @gklka The cookie alert was the result of a regulation. It made some things better (privacy) and others worse (UX). Lawmakers should think about the worse part.
@zsolt @uzakl @tragivictoria @EUCommission @gklka Bzzt. The cookie alert is malicious compliance. If you respect your users, you do not need a cookie alert.
The correct thing to do is respecting your users.
If you see a cookie banner, it is due to either of these things:
- "We and 1k partners with legitimate interest" bullshit.
- Someone who doesn't know it's only mandatory if they abuse tracking.
The regulation is fine. Malicious compliance is what hurts the end user, not the regulation. You do not relax regulation because of malicious actors. You make it stricter and fine them.
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Have you heard of Apple's decision on the rollout of Siri AI in Europe? Let's get the facts straight
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What's the idea in this being edited and clipped so heavily? I cannot listen to stuff like this, no matter how accurately this may convey the point, I have no faith watching heavily edited dialog.
It seems to be becomming the norm, and I hate it. Is it to fit into some yt shorts, tiktok or insta max time limit? Or is it thought that I haven't the time to let the speaker take a breather, or pause for effect, or think?? -
@zsolt @uzakl @tragivictoria @EUCommission @gklka Bzzt. The cookie alert is malicious compliance. If you respect your users, you do not need a cookie alert.
The correct thing to do is respecting your users.
If you see a cookie banner, it is due to either of these things:
- "We and 1k partners with legitimate interest" bullshit.
- Someone who doesn't know it's only mandatory if they abuse tracking.
The regulation is fine. Malicious compliance is what hurts the end user, not the regulation. You do not relax regulation because of malicious actors. You make it stricter and fine them.
@algernon @uzakl @tragivictoria @EUCommission @gklka I didn’t say to relax it. That one needs to be stricter, yes.
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Apple IS a dictatorship, I agree. Every private company is a dictatorship, we can dislike that but that’s the reality of the world.
The way we bend private companies is by voting with our wallets, choosing competitors products. That’s where the free market becomes king, becomes it bends dictatorships (private companies) to the people’s will.
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Have you heard of Apple's decision on the rollout of Siri AI in Europe? Let's get the facts straight
️@EUCommission was sagt ihr dazu @macandi?
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Have you heard of Apple's decision on the rollout of Siri AI in Europe? Let's get the facts straight
️@EUCommission @timo That little dig at the end alone shows that the guy doesn't even know what he's talking about
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What's the idea in this being edited and clipped so heavily? I cannot listen to stuff like this, no matter how accurately this may convey the point, I have no faith watching heavily edited dialog.
It seems to be becomming the norm, and I hate it. Is it to fit into some yt shorts, tiktok or insta max time limit? Or is it thought that I haven't the time to let the speaker take a breather, or pause for effect, or think??@Doomstrike a shortened clip is tailored for SM - who wants to watch multiple hours context to a simple topic on SM? (This is how long those sessions usually go.) Just use your common sense and research. It took me 3 seconds to find a 2 minute video with the complete topic for you - it doesn't add anything to the shortened version and if you want to make sure you are not given the full poicture, just research. 3 seconds is all it takes.
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@EUCommission
What's the idea in this being edited and clipped so heavily? I cannot listen to stuff like this, no matter how accurately this may convey the point, I have no faith watching heavily edited dialog.
It seems to be becomming the norm, and I hate it. Is it to fit into some yt shorts, tiktok or insta max time limit? Or is it thought that I haven't the time to let the speaker take a breather, or pause for effect, or think??@Doomstrike
Et voilà, as found in this post thread:
https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/video/I-290903 -
@EUCommission I just find it amazing how different everyone’s take on this is. Apple says the EU is to blame for Siri AI not launching here, while you guys say it’s entirely Apple’s fault. Let’s be honest, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. I also think it’s good that we don’t just rubber-stamp solutions from tech giants like Apple as if there were no risks involved. However, I do wonder: Why didn’t Apple try harder? Apple has been stringing us along since 2024, promising that the AI features would come. In all that time, surely it should have been possible to find a constructive solution for everyone.
@tonio of course one could trust Tim Felon 47's boot licker Crook & believe in the recent history of disregarding laws & abominating the EU this could be the 1 exception where the USa Tech&Government were actually trying an honest approach
- or you could face reality & compare recent experience & see that indeed USamerican Tech companies are playing fowl & don't like being caught, less though as they are not used to governments implementing consequences &enforcing given law. @EUCommission -
@Javensbukan @richlv @EUCommission the invisible hand of the market is not good enough of its own. Regulation is needed in markets where competition is scarce, I agree. I just disagree in this level of regulation on this market, I think it end up hurting more than helping.
But that balance is hard to get right, it fluctuates and not everyone thinks the same, so I’m pushing for what I think is right in this case.
Also radial tires? Is there a better choice? I have no idea! Tell me more!
@webjac @richlv @EUCommission Sorry I meant Bias-ply!
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@EUCommission no, the reason is that Apple does not want ANY random LLM to be able to scan our phones, the EU and their braindead people deciding on this should get their shit together and simply allow Apple to use what they think is the best. I want SIRI AI and I don't want you to dictate what Apple can or cannot! I hope my country leaves the EU soon, I really hope so!
@d4v you have obviously missed the message here: Apple wants to take the choice from you, EU wants you to be able to choose. Simple as that. Saying "Damn EU I don't want to have a free choice give me my apple dictated device" sounds a bit ... lobotomized. @EUCommission
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@EUCommission @timo That little dig at the end alone shows that the guy doesn't even know what he's talking about
️@kepten @EUCommission @timo That "little dig" at the end shows y'all are going to have to work a LOT harder to slop the planet. Cry more.
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@lelehier I am with you - I think it is the minority who is afraid to have freedom of choice - and as always, making a choice means to take responsibility, to be able to do so requires a minimum of brain activity. The loudest unfortunately are always the dumbest. @EUCommission
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Have you heard of Apple's decision on the rollout of Siri AI in Europe? Let's get the facts straight
️@EUCommission So the only US company that actually makes PRIVACY a sales argument is effectively blocked in the EU for using AI (from Google)?
So, in the EU I’m not allowed to make that decision by myself? If I decide to be in a walled garden, let me be in a walled garden.Sorry, but this all looks to me like failed damage control by the EU commission. I’ll have to move my iCloud to an Emirates iCloud to circumvent this paternalistic nonsense.
PS: the EU could have had it all if only policy makers would have realized that the Acorn computer was pure gold (back in 1985).
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@kepten @EUCommission @timo That "little dig" at the end shows y'all are going to have to work a LOT harder to slop the planet. Cry more.
@liquor_american @EUCommission The quintessential “what-about” argument. I'm not crying, but you are right now.
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@EUCommission I just find it amazing how different everyone’s take on this is. Apple says the EU is to blame for Siri AI not launching here, while you guys say it’s entirely Apple’s fault. Let’s be honest, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. I also think it’s good that we don’t just rubber-stamp solutions from tech giants like Apple as if there were no risks involved. However, I do wonder: Why didn’t Apple try harder? Apple has been stringing us along since 2024, promising that the AI features would come. In all that time, surely it should have been possible to find a constructive solution for everyone.
> Why didn’t Apple try harder?
Same reason they complained when they got forced to use USB-C... and had fanboys complaining on the internet that lightning cable is better because X and Y.
And then they switched to USB-C.
