Yet another sad (but unsurprising) reflection of Apple's patronising and contemptuous attitude towards its users. This is the number one reason why I don't use Apple products - because Apple consistently says (via its deeds over a long history): "we could make thing xyz opt-out or configurable, but we won't, it's our way or the highway, resistance is futile, f*** you".
I'm not a fan of Microsoft either (and they ain't no saints either - anyway, I primarily use Linux), but if I have to choose between Microsoft-land and Apple-land, I choose the former, because they, at least, are and always have been way better at giving their users choice, and at making everything configurable.
For me, it's not even so much about privacy, or opaqueness, or interoperability (although Apple is abysmal in those ways too, and they matter too). It's about respect, of which Apple demonstrates none.
Even after a concerted effort, the best that the author - someone who appears to have decent technical know-how - could come up with, was a "whack-a-mole" script that kills Siri whenever it rears its ugly head again. Says it all.
I'm not a fan of Microsoft either (and they ain't no saints either - anyway, I primarily use Linux), but if I have to choose between Microsoft-land and Apple-land, I choose the former, because they, at least, are and always have been way better at giving their users choice, and at making everything configurable.
For me, it's not even so much about privacy, or opaqueness, or interoperability (although Apple is abysmal in those ways too, and they matter too). It's about respect, of which Apple demonstrates none.
Even after a concerted effort, the best that the author - someone who appears to have decent technical know-how - could come up with, was a "whack-a-mole" script that kills Siri whenever it rears its ugly head again. Says it all.