Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption

Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by zdragnar on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:40PM (#48463467)

If the options are "launch in the rest of the world quickly and get to the EU later" or "launch everywhere at once years after the competition" PMs and execs are going to choose the latter every time.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by rootusrootus on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:48PM (#48463624)

Former, you mean?

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by zdragnar on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @03:52PM (#48466724)

Yes, indeed, I wasn't paying attention.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by rootusrootus on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @09:42PM (#48470230)

I figured, just wanted to verify, because while the former seems like the obvious answer, it could be argued with a straight face that Apple's strategy is in fact the latter. Or something like it.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by yxhuvud on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @04:29PM (#48467258)

The third option is: launch in a way that is compliant with EU rules everywhere. Except they don't want that as they want to retain their outsized market power.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by tzs on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @07:28PM (#48469221)

That's not a third option. It is the second option they listed.

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