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Siri Sucks, Lawsuit Alleges

iPhone assistant 'at best a work-in-progress'

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 13, 2012 10:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – A disgruntled iPhone 4S user is suing Apple for its "misleading and deceptive" advertising of Siri. In real life, the plaintiff alleges, Siri will not help you learn to play guitar, find you a restaurant, or make an appointment with nearly the aplomb depicted in Apple's commercials. More often "Siri either did not understand what Plaintiff was asking, or, after a very long wait time, responded with the wrong answer," according to the lawsuit filed yesterday, which names Frank Fazio, "individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated," as the plaintiff.

Siri is "at best, a work-in-progress," the suit concludes. Apple declined to discuss the suit, so the Wall Street Journal asked Siri for comment. "We were talking about you, not me," Siri replied. Apparently, this is something she says a lot.

In this photo taken Monday Oct. 10, 2011, Siri, the new virtual assistant, is displayed on the new Apple iPhone 4S in San Francisco.
In this photo taken Monday Oct. 10, 2011, Siri, the new virtual assistant, is displayed on the new Apple iPhone 4S in San Francisco.   (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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WarmWeatherGuy
Mar 13, 2012 6:40 PM CDT
...which names Frank Fazio, "individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated," as the plaintiff. Those "similarly situated" would be all the people who were gullible enough to think their phone had been turned into HAL.
TheSaintOfPain
Mar 13, 2012 6:05 PM CDT
The basis of this lawsuit is the reason the phrase "First World Problems" exists.
2-bits
Mar 13, 2012 2:22 PM CDT
I've had far more functional voice commands on my Android phone for over a year. Just another thing Apple has stolen from G.oogle
 

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