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Cortana, once a flagship feature of Windows phones, is slowly being shut down (arstechnica.com)
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[–] soviettaters@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They literally all exist because of big tech. There's no point of a virtual assistant existing except to gather data.

[–] kirklennon@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

There’s no point of a virtual assistant existing except to gather data.

Siri is one of the most-used virtual assistants and its purpose is not to gather data. It's a value-added service meant to sell more Apple hardware.