[Schiendelman]

It seemed like it's available on macOS but not on iOS. That means it's not privacy related, it's something else.

[comex]

It's because of the DMA. [1]

The "privacy" angle here is that Apple wants to give Siri access to user data across the system, without offering any way for competitors to get at that data.

[1] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/due-to-dma-siri-ai-de...

[peterspath]

Yeah macOS is luckily not big enough to be counted as a gatekeeper I believe.