> All of my current experience with Siri tells me there is a 50-50 chance of the result coming back as “Sorry, I have having trouble connecting to the network”

> All of my current experience with Siri tells me there is a 50-50 chance of the result coming back as “Sorry, I have having trouble connecting to the network” or playing a random song from Apple Music. Meanwhile, Google and Amazon have decided that the data center costs of their approach just aren't worth it. >Google Assistant has never made money. The hardware is sold at cost, it doesn't have ads, and nobody pays a monthly fee to use the Assistant. There's also the significant server cost to process all those voice commands, though some newer devices have moved to on-device processing in a stealthy cost-cutting move. The Assistant's biggest competitor, Amazon Alexa, is in the same boat and loses $10 billion a year. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/google-assistant-might-be-doomed-division-reorganizes-to-focus-on-bard/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/google-assistant-mig... Both companies made big cuts to the teams running their voice assistant tech.