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 happyopossum on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @02:30PM (#48465422)

> Apple claims to protect user privacy all the time. But they can't offer a product in a major jurisdiction that has actually meaningful privacy laws?

The DMA and the GDPR are laws that at their core make each other more difficult. the stated outcome of the DMA - allowing any vendor/user full access to your device - is not easily supported when solving for privacy.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by vrganj on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @03:21PM (#48466265)

A popup that's like "do you want to give app XY access to this data?" is really not that hard to build... It's a lazy excuse, nothing more.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by tzs on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @08:49PM (#48469820)

And then most users soon have given permissions to a ton of apps with sketchy records of protecting user data, so what was the point of even trying to protect privacy?

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by gmueckl on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @10:23PM (#48470563)

To give the users a choice? It's not Apple's responsibility to protect the users if they want to opt out.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by vrganj on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @01:42AM (#48471907)

By that same logic, we should all be locked up in padded cells to avoid getting hurt.

You gotta let people make their own choices.

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