Woz: Siri's gone downhill since Apple purchased it

guest · Jun 16, 2012

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Neowin said:

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, has never been one to shy away from harsh criticism of his former company. In a recent interview, he continued sharing his honest opinions about Apple by stating Siri was a better service before the tech giant purchased it. In a video interview Times Union, a New York newspaper, Wozniak said he preferred Siri as an app before Apple bought the technology. The former Apple programmer said the technology was largely unknown by the general public, although it was a far better product than it currently is. "Siri was the greatest program," Wozniak said in the interview. "I couldn't talk one of my friends into getting Siri. My wife's the only one that wound up getting it eventually. And then Apple bought Siri, and the day they bought Siri it started [getting worse]." Wozniak gave multiple examples of how the service has become more business-based, providing answers pertaining to popular businesses and products instead of answering the actual questions users pose. When asking Siri for the next prime numbers after 87, for instance, the service used to respond 89 and 91; now, the service gives answers relating to "prime rib," Wozniak said.

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Cudni · Jun 16, 2012

So it was greatest prog that nobody knew about but only his wife would use it and then it got worse after Apple bought with all its users using it. Make sense?

guest · Jun 16, 2012

Not much lol. But he gave some examples (in the video).

xxJackxx · Jun 16, 2012

Knowing how bad speech to text still is on any device I have handled recently there is no way it works like it does on the commercials. It will likely get there some day, but not yet.

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