[rudedogg]

Yes, this is part of what is supposed to justify the premium prices, is that they can have a different business model.

But it seems Tim Cook can’t leave anything on the table. I’m really going to be irritated if we end up with a premium Siri. It’s going to undermine the privacy aspect, the hardware innovation, and everything else they have going for themselves despite missing the boat on AI

[whywhywhywhy]

If they ever actually manage to make Siri competitive you can bet it will be another subscription and bundled with Apple One.

[eastbound]

Even the CPU. Windows users lose probably 25% of their machine power to ads, telemetry and OEM spyware and spamware, back to Oracle’s Ask Bar in 2005.

[anthk]

I'd say Windows 98 with IE bundled in Explorer and Active Desktop.