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by ainch 3 days ago
They say it's because the EU's DMA would require them to open up device data to third-party assistants, and they'd no longer be able to guarantee user privacy.

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

3 comments

I don't see what the issue is. The user could then select Apple (or Mistral) for strong privacy or another provider for customers that don't care.

I primarily want Apple to provide extension points so that I can select my own provider, just as I can choose where to host my mail or install another app as my instant messenger.

Sure, I could install another provider's app, but it wouldn't have the same integrations, similar to how an instant messaging app would be less useful if notifications were limited to iMessage.

I'd love to select Mistral over Google Gemini.
> I'd love to select Mistral over Google Gemini

Apple doesn’t want to configure its private cloud to run every model. This seems fine.

This is moving goal posts, DMA is not requiring Apple to run anything on their cloud but merely provide third parties with same device API access.
Sure.