Siri AI Expands to More Languages in OS 27.2
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/10/27/siri-ai-os-27-2-languages
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@daringfireball I can’t say I feel like missing out one bit. Looks like it’s slower and less predictable for basic things I use it for today and already way behind on anything else. Let me set my own default provider. Give me permissions to decide what I give it access to.
@daringfireball It is rude of you to assume that there are no french-speakers who live outside of France.
@daringfireball the alarming thing in the UK is our centre-left party wants to drag us back into the EU. Somehow being outside is seen as being as extreme as supporting Trump. (I myself have been called fascist online for stating my pref that the UK stays outside the EU).
@daringfireball When Trump suggested Canada become a US state, you could laugh knowing that including Canada would affect US elections. No one says this about the UK being in the EU because of the EU’s “democratic deficit”. (Something you seem to miss whenever you discuss it on Dithering. “EU voters might vote differently.” Oh, for who? I’d love to know what their options are.)
@animatorpete @daringfireball what’s your point? That there is no direct election of the President of the European Commission? There are obvious historic and politically pragmatic reasons for it. But parliament has to confirm and is elected. So are the heads of government in the council. The “EU” is also still super young. So it shouldn’t be any surprise that these checks and balances are WIP and hard after just 20y. Clearly the US is still WIP after 250y…
@janwedek @daringfireball EU commission proposes laws and is unelected. They are checked by EU parliament, which is directly elected.
In the UK we have introduced the Online Safety Act. If we don't like it, we know who to vote for at the next election to get it repealed.
In the EU, who do you vote for at the next election to repeal the DMA?
@animatorpete @daringfireball in most countries you do not vote each minister or the prime minister directly. Not in Germany, not in the UK afaik. So this is neither unusual nor per se a problem. You do have two votes to influence that: vote your own government, since your head of state sits on the European council that proposes the EC; second, vote the European Parliament who has to confirm the EC (and any laws). It’s not direct a direct election because the member states don’t want it so 🤷🏼♂️
@janwedek @animatorpete I don’t see how you can argue with Pete’s point here. A bloc of voters outraged by the DMA seemingly has no democratic recourse.
@gruber @animatorpete Fair, you have a point that only the Commission can propose laws, and Parliament can't repeal itself. I agree that's a real flaw & not sustainable.
But the DMA passed the elected Parliament 588–11. The EC waved it through. Voters’ recourse is the same as in the UK: get a party to run on repeal & win. Nobody has because hardly anyone wants it. Being outvoted isn't having no vote.
Beyond that it's representative democracy like UK: you don't directly elect the executive
@janwedek @animatorpete Party-based systems have obvious problems, but they’re better than anything else because voters can throw the bums out. There is no “party” in charge of the EC. There’s no way to vote in “the other guys”.
@daringfireball macOS has not the gatekeeper status in the EU. So Apple Intelligence and Siri AI in the macOS will be available in the EU. The availability depends upon the language though.