Yeah, I’ll wait to update my computers until Apple gives us an actual choice.
sleepybrett 45 seconds ago [-]
why is a local model any different than any other file they want to install with their os?
kristofferR 8 minutes ago [-]
macOS 27 is way faster and more stable than macOS 26 though, so unless you are on an ancient version it doesn't make sense to not upgrade.
seam_carver 51 seconds ago [-]
macOS 15 still gets security updates.
CodingJeebus 1 minutes ago [-]
I've hit some really weird window/workspace UI bugs so far in MacOS27. It's not no-brainer update yet, IMO.
worldsavior 21 minutes ago [-]
Though what about security fixes?
wahnfrieden 32 minutes ago [-]
Time to permanently offboard from Apple ecosystem then
jtbayly 22 minutes ago [-]
Perhaps eventually. I know I’m in a “closed ecosystem,” and that removes a fair bit of choice in a variety of places. But Apple is known to walk bad decisions back at times. This update is an example, with liquid glass. Another recent one was the iCloud private email planned domain change being scrapped.
thih9 53 minutes ago [-]
Off topic. Since old.reddit is now login walled - is there an alternative frontend?
This type of stuff gives me PTSD flashbacks from trying timo de-crapify Windows.
kotaKat 4 minutes ago [-]
without a reddit account:
... can you also force Siri off by using Screen Time controls? I noticed that in the Screen Time menus, "Content and Privacy" restrictions can be toggled on. From there seems to be an additional "Siri" menu that lets me change the allowed Siri version from Siri Classic to Siri AI as well as options to turn off the global writing tools/assistance (which turns off the annoying Siri bubble on every textbox now).
I suspect forcing Siri off via those controls would work easier than using Low Data Mode or trying to force Siri to disable via language selection.
thewhitetulip 1 hours ago [-]
I am tired to fight against every platform that I have to use
De macify Mac
Degoogle Android
Demacify ipad
DeLLM chrome browsers local llm
Can we expect sane decisions from corpos about what we want rather than what latest thing they want to push on us?
agoodusername63 30 minutes ago [-]
no. buy a linux compatible laptop and deal with the UX downgrade.
ezst 49 minutes ago [-]
KDE. KDE is all you need.
Ginger-Pickles 38 minutes ago [-]
One arguably don’t even need KDE any more; the coding models will throw together a perfectly adequate desktop environment.
regenschutz 4 minutes ago [-]
Why should one use something adequate when something amazing exists?
jhack 1 hours ago [-]
Apple says their users make 2.5B Siri requests per day. Sounds like people want it?
javier2 15 minutes ago [-]
I dont even have Siri enabled, but even less so on macOS.
a1o 3 minutes ago [-]
If you have a car you are forced to because you can’t use Apple Car Play if you don’t enable Siri.
I also don’t use but I have to have it enabled to be able to use Google Maps, and Siri occasionally mistakes a conversation for being invited to listen and speak.
tiborsaas 59 minutes ago [-]
Do they have a breakdown for platforms? iOS vs. macOS, I'd bet most of it is iOS.
I don't have Siri enabled, I've never felt the need for it on desktop.
moribvndvs 1 hours ago [-]
Even though I do use it, a choice would be nice.
Hodgewocket 1 hours ago [-]
Are they aware?
mathisfun123 10 minutes ago [-]
> 2.5B Siri requests per day
that's like one request per day per user lolol
thewhitetulip 49 minutes ago [-]
How many apple devices exist globally?
Does everyone use siri? How about keeping it opt-in?
GuinansEyebrows 1 hours ago [-]
i wonder how many of them are like 100% of my requests?
- "set a timer for 14 minutes"
- "remind me to make a doctor's appointment tomorrow at noon"
- "turn off the bedroom lights"
that don't require any form of AI and have functioned perfectly well (aside from having a hard time when i mumble) for years on non-AI versions of Siri?
thewebguyd 57 minutes ago [-]
I suspect even some of the more "advanced" queries they demoed off, i.e., "what was that restaurant John and I talked about last week?" also not require LLMs whatsoever and could have been accomplished with a simple search.
anamexis 30 minutes ago [-]
I think you're going to need some kind of ML to turn that question into a structured search, and interpret the results.
exographicskip 57 minutes ago [-]
This matches my use cases. Poor speech to text recognition so I don't trust siri to do anything non-trivial
... can you also force Siri off by using Screen Time controls? I noticed that in the Screen Time menus, "Content and Privacy" restrictions can be toggled on. From there seems to be an additional "Siri" menu that lets me change the allowed Siri version from Siri Classic to Siri AI as well as options to turn off the global writing tools/assistance (which turns off the annoying Siri bubble on every textbox now).
I suspect forcing Siri off via those controls would work easier than using Low Data Mode or trying to force Siri to disable via language selection.
De macify Mac Degoogle Android Demacify ipad DeLLM chrome browsers local llm
Can we expect sane decisions from corpos about what we want rather than what latest thing they want to push on us?
I also don’t use but I have to have it enabled to be able to use Google Maps, and Siri occasionally mistakes a conversation for being invited to listen and speak.
I don't have Siri enabled, I've never felt the need for it on desktop.
that's like one request per day per user lolol
Does everyone use siri? How about keeping it opt-in?
- "set a timer for 14 minutes"
- "remind me to make a doctor's appointment tomorrow at noon"
- "turn off the bedroom lights"
that don't require any form of AI and have functioned perfectly well (aside from having a hard time when i mumble) for years on non-AI versions of Siri?