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A trick Apple currently plays with Siri and Maps is to keep personalized data on the local device, and factor it into results client-side. So my iPhone knows wh
by brundolf 6y ago
A trick Apple currently plays with Siri and Maps is to keep personalized data on the local device, and factor it into results client-side. So my iPhone knows where I've been and what I've searched for, and can use that information, but it never ends up on a server. This is part of why they put such a big emphasis on their device-side neural chips.
- deadmutex 6y agoThat trick only goes so far though. I personally like to resume YT videos or gaming sessions when I switch devices.
- pasabagi 6y agoI don't get this view. Controlling information dissemination is like, half of negotiation strategy. If the counterparty knows everything you know, you're basically always at their mercy. Seems like a lot of trust to give literally anyone and everyone.
- chongli 6y agoThere’s no reason you couldn’t keep track of that information in encrypted form and sync it across devices. Apple already syncs bookmarks, email, browser tabs (albeit broken of late), photos, contacts, calendars, and probably many more things I haven’t thought of, across all of my devices.
- deadmutex 6y agoOne reason is that storage functionality isn't always bug free on all devices, and chasing long tail on all devices takes a lot of effort from the dev team. Also think about TVs with small amount of flash with lifetime of 1000 write cycles, etc.