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by greyface- 864 days ago
A few months ago, I asked Siri to play a specific song from my iTunes library. I've done this successfully many times before, but this time it misunderstood which song I requested. The song it thought I asked for wasn't present in my library, but it was present in Apple Music. Without asking for confirmation, it enrolled me in a trial subscription and begin streaming.
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The actual Siri response is:

> I wasn't able to find 'nonexistent' in your Apple Music library. Search on Apple Music or ask for it on a different app.

The wording is confusing, but Apple Music library in this context means local. It doesn't enroll me to anything.

This is why I don’t trust Siri or ANY other type of “assistant”. Stuff like this.