*Scene 232, some time in 2025*
APPLE: Can we release Siri AI?
EC: Sure, if you want to get fined under the DMA
APPLE: How can we comply with the DMA?
EC: Give third-parties access to all the private data on Apple phones so that they can compete with you.
APPLE: But we can't do that, it would invade our users' privacy, and it's a violation of our brand promise.
EC: Then Siri AI won't be compliant with the DMA.
APPLE: How about if we give them access to a "Trusted System Agent", middleware that would allow competing virtual assistants to safely access the same features and capabilities as Siri AI?
EC: That's not equal access to everything you have access to, we want you to share everything, for free, that's what we think the DMA demands.
APPLE: I'm not sure that's what the text says, are you sure we can't talk about this? We don't even know if that's technically possible. We designed Siri AI to work with our systems, our private cloud, and on-device processing, we don't know how to provide the same access to third-parties from the jump. It's going to take time.
EC: That's fine, you can take your time, but if you launch in Europe we'll fine you.
APPLE: Can we start with the Trusted System Agent, and then figure out how to give you everything you want, that is technically possible, and in a privacy preserving way, over the next 18 months?
EC: Nope. EU law is non-negotiable.
APPLE: Really? That sucks, we don't want to Abandon our European users.
EC: That's Apple's decision, and Apple's only.
First day back at work after Budapest, and straight into attempts at ‘banter’ from fans of a team that finished 17th in consecutive seasons
Pipe down lads, your City is RED
I know parade discourse has been done to death but it’s a good reminder that away from digital spaces set up to sow division, the real world is and should be different. It’s a much better expression of who we are as a fan base and it’s worth remembering among the tiresome rage bait and a good encouragement to ignore and dismiss it.
Mikel Obi is one of Nigeria’s most fortunate but least insightful exports.
Zero original thinking, just parroting whatever is trendy on social media.
In September, Arsenal were weak and needed aggression. Now they’re too aggressive.
A Confident fool
@paddypower t one point he actually said “I know they’re winning but they should be playing like they’re losing…” trailing off into an awkward silence where I think even he realised how stupid he sounded.
PayPal thinks they’re smart reopening Nigeria.
Nigerians survived without them. We lost foreign jobs and gigs for years because of their restrictions, so we adapted. We built alternatives. We moved on.
Now they’ve checked Africa’s youth stats and realized how much money they left on the table.
Too late mate we have moved on.
@SemudaraAbayomi@PayPal am sure you can see the general reactions of Nigerians towards your brand. You’re not welcome in Nigeria. When we needed you, you ignored us and now we don’t want you at all. We don’t even want to hear your name at all
They tried to run the “Arsenal are a boring set piece team who are ruining football” agenda and we just put one of Europes best defence in a spliff. Atletico beat Real Madrid 5-2 recently and we bagged 4 with a clean sheet. Scary hours.
Do not let these liars and hypocrites make fools out of you. They are blatantly lying to your face and making it up as they go on.
A wise man once said:
When you tell the truth you dont have to remember anything.
Howard Webb, we see you and your cartel for what you are.