Never mind the privacy implications. Could you imagine if a
rogue actorUS tech giant like Apple or Google got into the system-level of your phone,disguised as an AI assistant? That would be a huge headache and nightmare.Wait…
The last paragraph feel more like the authors opinion, which is a bit weird on an Android website.
I agree with the EU on this one though, I hate walled gardens and the EU is doing good work.
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/09/eu-says-decision-not-to-launch-siri-ai-in-europe-is-apples/
There you go. I saw it on MacRumors yesterday. It’s weird to see Apple stuff on an Android site, but Android Police used to review iPhones when they came out. They’d give them an honest try. Reviews even varied from “decent phone but I loved going back to Android” to “I could use this and be happy but I still prefer Android.” I think they gave them a fair shake.
The comments on that post are crazy delusional. How do you end up so far in a corporations pocket?
And they all go quite when Apple politely obliges to whatever China demands from them. That site is the definition of toxic-fanboyism. So many commenters their blindly believe every declaration Apple makes.
There’s one comment in there lamenting the lack of innovation from the EU. You know the continent that contains CERN. Yep ain’t no innovation going on over here, it’s amazing we even got internal plumbing.
But then again Americans aren’t the smartest tools in the shed.
What does China do?
China smartphone companies just install their own ai providers I suspect.Edit. Oh .
Apple unveiled a dramatically improved Siri at WWDC 2026, but quietly confirmed that EU and China users won’t be getting it with iOS 27.
Lmao. Apple Loosers. Fucking incompetent cunts.
Apple? The company who fucked with their users/customers phone batteries from afar so they would have to purchase new products? That Apple?
Here is Apple’s statement. They designed an API called “Trusted System Agent “ but the EU rejected it.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/due-to-dma-siri-ai-delayed-in-eu-for-ios-27-and-ipados-27/
“Designed” but did not implement. Pretty much says everything you’d need to know.
Well, they at least rejected letting Apple release without “Trusted System Agent” and a pinky promise it would be implemented in a year and a half…
Tim Apple gonna Tim Apple /s
Unclear what Apple could even do here.
The obvious answer would be, let people take the risk if they so chose. But the EU also demands security, so that isn’t much of an option. It makes no sense.
EU demands security theater. They are attempting to force backdoors into all of these APIs and systems (including locally run AI) for the nanny state. Very unfortunate.
What risk? I have an android and can select my agent if I want one.
People need to stop mystifying tech and excusing anti consumer products. What is the risk if I choose a different agent? Do they allow me third party keyboards or sms clients?
What risk?
That this is even a question, shows the problem with leaving it all to users.
We’ll have to wait and see how Google responds to these demands. Android has been traditionally more open, but has recently been closed down more; not least because of EU demands for more security. It will be interesting.
Umm, so what. You want restrictions because part of the population is low IQ and tech illiterate? The fuck do I care, buy yourself a flip phone if you can’t deal.
If you are “at risk”, you probably shouldn’t be near a computer or the internet.
Locking controls away from users is not security.
Everyone here sucks, or whatever the term is in the “Am I the asshole?” threads when everyone is in the wrong.
Apple knows what the EU regulations are and as a company that wants to do business in the bloc, they have to abide by their rules. Also, China and the Middle East are stricter and Apple happily kowtows to them. And of course Apple bends over for the US regime as well. So what’s different about doing it for the EU?
On the other hand, there’s a reason there are no major companies operating out of the EU. The EU is where innovation goes to die. Like the US, it’s tech rules made by people who neither understand nor love tech. EU does fight for their citizens, but the fact remains that the EU is also hurting its citizens here. Apple doesn’t have to play ball, they can take their ball and go home, and still sell a lesser product to the EU for the same money. Apple is not going to take a loss here. Only people losing will be those living in the EU.
Apple says the EU wanted too much of your personal data. The EU didn’t respond to that. All they really said was “Apple wanted a blanket exception and that is not an option.” Apple still gets to wear its privacy hat, and the EU look like arseholes.
Also, I didn’t read Apple’s message as “blaming the EU.” It was more that they just said due to the way things are over there, Siri AI will not be available there. Sure, they chose their words carefully, but my read on it was “it is what it is,” not “it’s all their fault.” More of an “agree to disagree” kind of thing. Like “they want X, we want Z, we tried Y for a while but they won’t budge and honestly we don’t want to either, so this is what happens next.” Now the citizens of the EU can just roll over and take it, or they can contact the EU leadership and whatnot and tell them they want less regulation. Who knows.
The EU is where innovation goes to die.
This is such bullshit. There are three principle reasons why the EU does not grow as many tech giants: 1. Venture capital is hard to cone by in the EU, 2. The language barriers and 3. The not-quite-finished-single market, with many countries not aligning their laws to the EU framework. 1 and 3 are actively being addressed and 2 is a disappearing issue as the younger generations aee all fluent in English.
To your point however, innovation has always been one of the strong suits of the European continent, much more so than monetization which is not a synonym.
I think there are major companies operating out of the EU. Airbus for example. And I’m sure there are more….
