The problem is they compromised on both fronts (privacy, compute) and produced something that is ultimately a useless joke. They could have produced something

The problem is they compromised on both fronts (privacy, compute) and produced something that is ultimately a useless joke. They could have produced something that was good and required accepting a privacy disclaimer to use. Or they could have waited until they managed to catch up with the rest of the industry wrt good 3B parameter models (the one they're using is incredibly terrible.) Instead we got this half-assed compromise. The execs in charge of Siri are demonstrably terrible at their job and should feel bad. It's incredible they get paid the millions they do while doing such a horrible job.