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New comment by bnj in "Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption"

bnj — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:53:49 +0000

Thanks for sharing this, I didn’t realize that there was a fundamental philosophical divergence here- you’ve really helped me expand my thinking

New comment by bnj in "Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption"

bnj — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:51:37 +0000

That’s a good point. So maybe another point of divergence here is that the outcomes of the DMA are rooted in inherently unpredictable market interactions, whereas a medical device standard depends on the device performance and characteristics.

I don’t think it makes sense to create an accountability framework for a company that requires the cooperation of the market, because I think companies should be in a position to either comply or be held accountable on their own merits

New comment by bnj in "Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption"

bnj — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:49:16 +0000

It sounds like what you’re saying is that because the legislature can’t anticipate how companies will abuse loopholes, they sidestep that by outlining the outcomes instead.

The issue I have with that approach is that I don’t agree with that approach to governance. I believe it’s incumbent on the regulator to define what is acceptable vs. disallowed in unambiguous terms.

New comment by bnj in "Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption"

bnj — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:43:58 +0000

Big scary warnings aren’t a solution either. I watch the way my son interacts with consent screens and warnings, and it’s barely believable- the average person is very well trained to click through the warnings.

Someone might believe that people who ignore the warnings deserve everything they get, but I respectfully disagree. I remember helping my grandma uninstall and remove all the hostile browser extensions that had tricked her into installing them. If Apple is protecting vulnerable populations by taking the choice out of the users hands, even if it’s only profit motivated, I’m okay with that until someone presents an alternative that actually addresses those needs.

New comment by bnj in "Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption"

bnj — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:37:11 +0000

But that does have to do with privacy.

Apple wants to implement features that access data locally. It doesn’t want to allow competition for offering those features, but if it did, competitors may use that access to local data to exfiltrate.

So it is about both competition and, as a result of creating competition, privacy.

New comment by bnj in "Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption"

bnj — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:32:40 +0000

As I follow the situation, it seems that regulatory uncertainty is a major issue though- the EU’s requirements are framed in terms of outcomes sought, rather than in terms that can be quantitatively shown as met or broken. So it’s not a matter of dedicating a team to meet a list of requirements, but instead navigating the worst case scenario of enforcement if post-launch the EU determines that the proscribed outcomes aren’t being met.

New comment by bnj in "Siri AI"

bnj — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:11:43 +0000

There is a vast asymmetry in knowledge and capability to make those choices for most users. Most users will press agree and consent to things they don’t understand to get to the next screen, and while that would be terrible for the individuals I think it’s also important to look further at the ramifications because probably Apple would be blamed.

New comment by bnj in "Apple WWDC 2026 Livestream"

bnj — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:21:26 +0000

I like it I think it’s sort of cool to see the different environments around Apple Park and be able to hear from a lot of different employees without having to watch a parade over the stage

New comment by bnj in "Data.world to be discontinued on July 11, 2026"

bnj — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:07:54 +0000

Acquired by ServiceNow in 2025 and now shuttering the service.

Data.world to be discontinued on July 11, 2026

bnj — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:07:54 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.data.world/en/408855-how-to-export-and-download-your-data.html#UUID-eca96534-4836-6e20-957c-2eac9b13e1c6

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48376305

Points: 4

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New comment by bnj in "OurCar: What I learned making an app for my family"

bnj — Thu, 07 May 2026 10:31:53 +0000

Plenty of comments about using an LLM to assist with this, and I was happy to be able to read about a learning experience where the stakes were pretty low and the feedback loop pretty tight. Thanks for writing it up; for me, it reminds me that some of the use cases where an LLM might be an efficient tool are also the places where it can be wise to take the opportunity to learn and sharpen new skills.

New comment by bnj in "The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe"

bnj — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:41:37 +0000

For an adobe creative cloud subscription? I just looked at their pricing page and could only locate "annual, billed monthly" options. If there's an actual monthly subscription which is just a little more expensive then I'd say the insidious aspect is in hiding it.

New comment by bnj in "Our principles"

bnj — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:40:40 +0000

Maybe the goal is to release something publicly every day, can’t get away from OpenAI announcements the last two weeks. Competing for mindshare.

New comment by bnj in "Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs"

bnj — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:22:36 +0000

If I read it right, the 4B ballpark figure is based on total annual per employee cost of 500k * 8000 employees, so the figure is actually 4B/year. 20B over five years.

New comment by bnj in "MacBook Neo and how the iPad should be"

bnj — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:03:43 +0000

This makes me think of the interface for one handed touch screen typing that was used in the movie version of Ended’s game; it stuck with me as an example of a more touch friendly flexible input mechanism that really challenged how I thought about interfaces. Someone made an open source implementation of it but half the battle is getting these idioms to take root. I wish Apple would experiment more with novel touch interfaces in the way the article describes.

New comment by bnj in "The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe"

bnj — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:26:16 +0000

It’s insidious because you’re being required to agree to pay for a year of use, split monthly, but cannot decide to cancel during the term of the agreement without paying for use that you don’t want. Just because the terms are clear doesn’t mean it’s not an insidious pricing scheme.

If it were not insidious, it would be easy to answer the question: “what costs for adobe are being covered by the early termination fee?” - but there aren’t any costs, the fee is a punishment to dissuade you from cancelling and hoping that you will miss the window to prevent automatic renewal.

New comment by bnj in "The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe"

bnj — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:19:54 +0000

In my circles it is regular and routine for students to use an older edition, pirate, and/or use library copies. Many students literally can’t afford to buy the books at list price and find other ways to manage.

New comment by bnj in "JSON Canvas Spec (2024)"

bnj — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:07:56 +0000

Not OP, but I use canvas all the time (Thank you!) in preference to something like Miro because I really value the open format and being able to keep the file. Something that really holds me back is the inability to use different shapes for the nodes - a use case for me is creating flow charts and process diagrams, so being unable to use the standard shapes for those is a challenge.

Still the best option though!

New comment by bnj in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

bnj — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:37:42 +0000

I don’t feel well educated in modern military actions- are you saying that civilian gun owners in America would contribute meaningfully to the national defense (maybe because of things like civil resistance in other modern conflicts?), or am I misunderstanding? Do you have any suggestions for how I could start to broach the topic? It’s so broad and fast-moving that it’s hard to know where to start.

New comment by bnj in "GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash"

bnj — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:17:29 +0000

A nice attribute of discussion is the opportunity to see references and quotes through the eyes of other people, perhaps especially if the interpretation is novel.