> There's a reason Apple's preferring on-device processing: user privacy. Is that the actual reason though? My personal impression has been that it's a combina

> There's a reason Apple's preferring on-device processing: user privacy. Is that the actual reason though? My personal impression has been that it's a combination of reasons that benefit Apple. The increased user privacy being a nice bonus for users, but not the primary reason: 1. Producing phones powerful enough for on-device ML both justifies the high price point to the general public and is a good marketing point (along with increased user privacy) 2. Avoid backend infrastructure costs. Why spend extra money on servers, maintenance, and compliance when they can just offload the work to the devices themselves since they're capable? 3. Bonus: The unplanned obsolescence for new features like the one announced is also a side effect that benefits Apple. I do not get the impression that Apple's primary focus is to benefit users and their privacy.