> The error rate at speech recognition seems to have gone up over the years This isn't unique to Apple: my Amazon devices have definitely become slower to resp

> The error rate at speech recognition seems to have gone up over the years This isn't unique to Apple: my Amazon devices have definitely become slower to respond, and less accurate when they do, than they were a while ago. I think part of the issue is that the companies have not found a way to “properly” monetise the services (my echo thingies where dirt cheap and I've never done anything with them remotely like making a purchase) so they are essentially throwing money at the infrastructure to keep them running due to the fear of the backlash if they just let the services die.