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 JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:13PM (#48464064)

That’s fair. Apple bickers in the EU and U.S. It doesn’t in China. I have a clear preference for one set of political systems.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by square_usual on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:43PM (#48464614)

They aren't releasing it in China either.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:50PM (#48464739)

Yet. But they are probably working with Chinese partners (including the government) on releasing something (maybe with Alibaba models instead of Google models, on a Chinese-local cloud rather than google cloud).

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by robocat on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @03:28PM (#48466392)

A quick check showed it is estimated that Apple gets about 18% of it's profits from China but only maybe 7% from EU countries (ignore Apple's definition of Europe!).

Maybe China is easier to work with - perhaps their rules are made clearer?

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @04:00PM (#48466849)

China has 1.4 billion people and they are rapidly increasing their wealth. The only surprising factor is that Chinese cell phone providers haven't eaten up their marketshare yet.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by t-sauer on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @03:30PM (#48466435)

And they are framing the completely different in that case.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by catlikesshrimp on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @02:23PM (#48465300)

As I understood it, you prefer systems with less freedom of speech.

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