Comment by user34283
You're excited together with a handful of other privacy enthusiasts on HackerNews.
I would think for the vast majority of users out there this is not a concern at all.
Apple until now failed to even get the basics done and make Siri smart, despite marketing "Apple Intelligence" as the core feature of 2024's iPhone.
Apple integrated ChatGPT as an opt-in that made the mainstream users feel like Apple was delivering on some of that marketing. Apple also delivered "high wow" features like auto-stickers and other such silliness. Just as the privacy issues are maybe a bit of an HN specialty, HN is also maybe a bit more prone to "Apple Intelligence" brand cynicism than mainstream belief.
I'm excited about the attempt at privacy because I'm on "Team Keep Siri Dumb". I like dumb Siri. It reliably meets most of my needs, setting timers and managing house lights. I'd rather Siri stay dumb and I would never opt-in to ChatGPT Siri as some of my family has, but if Siri "has to" get smart to survive, I will celebrate whatever privacy wins are still available as my only hope that smarter Siri is not something I need to just disable entirely (and lose my "friend" in charge of my timers and house lights in the process).