How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and Alexa

Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by enraged_camel on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:35PM (#16588965)

>>"It was slow, when it worked at all," Williamson said. "The software was riddled with serious bugs. Those problems lie entirely with the original Siri team, certainly not me."

As Steve Jobs said, once you become a VP you can’t make excuses anymore. You have crossed the Rubicon and need to start taking responsibility for the failures of your team.

This guy has a lot to learn about leadership.

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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by Shebanator on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:50PM (#16589070)

I know, right? I read this and instantly thought "man, I never want to work for this guy"!

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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by Spooky23 on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:56PM (#16589099)

The upside is that without answering the question, he answered the question.

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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by bigiain on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @07:18PM (#16589240)

I also thought "I never want to be this guy!"

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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by BeetleB on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @07:36PM (#16589343)

Same here. Read it, and thought: "Glad I don't work for Apple."

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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by jamestimmins on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @07:10PM (#16589200)

My impression of Siri is that it was effectively R&D early on by the team that made it. To propose that Apple would purchase a company, and then expect an R&D product to support their level of scale without serious infrastructure changes, is a bit absurd.

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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by maxpupmax on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @07:02PM (#16589144)

It's a terrible quote. Apple PR is going to be pissed with that guy.

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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by defen on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @07:09PM (#16589187)

He was fired in 2012 https://www.cultofmac.com/203032/apple-svp-eddy-cue-fires-ri...

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Re:How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and A... by moronicalox on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:45PM (#16589034)

That was my thought too. Those comments certainly don't make the accusations seem hard to imagine.

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