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Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri (9to5mac.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri::Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which was introduced in 2014 back when Windows Phone was still a thing. Similar to...

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

nah

Siri, while not great, handles timers, reminders, and dumbshit like that just fine without typing. I have yet to find another good use for these assistants.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. I’ve used my Google assistant for timers, alarms, weather, and music. Anything more complex is a headache. Even music is half the time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Asking the thing to handle music in another language was terrible. Asking it to play a French song to an assistent set in English gives stupid results for example. "Que sera, sera" becomes "Oh Sarah".