While iPhone users in the US will get a new generation this year Siri powered by artificial intelligence, Europeans are out of luck. Apple he announced that Siri AI will not be available at launch iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 are available in European Union countries. The company sees this as a result of European DMA legislation, but Brussels claims that this is a decision of the EU itself Applu. And it is this situation that is starting to cause more and more resistance among users. The proof is the new initiative Siri4EU, whose aim is to induce Apple and European regulators to find a solution and make it available Siri AI also to users in the European Union. The petition has already been signed by thousands of people from all over Europe and its popularity continues to grow rapidly.
Europeans don't want to be left behind
The petitioners point out a simple problem. New AI-based features are becoming a common part of everyday life, work, and study. While people in other parts of the world will have access to the most modern version Siri directly integrated into the iPhone system, users in the European Union will have to wait indefinitely. According to the manifesto published on the page Siri4EU, access to new technologies should not be a privilege available only to certain regions of the world. At the same time, the signatories stress that privacy protection and fair competition do not have to be mutually exclusive and that Apple and the European Commission should work together to find a solution that will maintain user security while allowing them to use new features.
The distribution of signatures across Europe is interesting. Most supporters come from France.ancie, which has several thousand signatures. However, right behind it is the Czech Republic with more than a thousand supporters, which makes it one of the most active countries in the entire initiative. Czech users are among the most vocal critics of the current situation. In the comments under the petition, simple messages such as "We want Siri AI! or "Pro"Do other countries have access and we don't?"
A large part of the discussion points out that competing AI services operate in Europe without major problems. ChatGPT is available across the European Union, Google offers Gemini and Samsung operates Galaxy AI even in Czech. That is why many users do not understand why the dispute only concerns Applu. Some even fear that if the situation continues, they will start Siri increasingly use the services of competitors. Opinions repeatedly appear in the comments that the current situation paradoxically leads to greater use of American cloudof their AI services, even though one of the declared goals of European regulations is to protect users' privacy. However, we have already explained that the difference between what they do Gemini, ChatGPT or Galaxy AI and what it offers Siri AI is extreme and this is where we come to understand why it has Apple the only problem. You can read more about it in the article ChatGPT, Gemini i Galaxy AI works in Europe. ProNo, I just have a problem. Apple?
The whole situation resembles ping-pong between Applewith the European Commission. Apple tvregrets that the requirements of European DMA legislation complicate the launch Siri AI in the European Union. The European Commission, on the other hand, stated that Siri AI did not prohibit it and that the decision to postpone the function is on the side Appyou. Pro However, for ordinary users, this dispute is becoming less and less important. From their perspective, it doesn't matter who is right. What matters is that a feature available in the United States or other countries around the world is not available in their country. iPhonech.
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The petition reaches the European institutions
The authors of the initiative announced that they have submitted an official petition through the European petition system and are awaiting its approval. The aim is to get Apple and European regulators to negotiate and find a way to enable the launch Siri AI also for users in the European Union. Whether this will succeed is not yet clear. However, one thing is clear today. Delay Siri AI is no longer just a technological topic and is turning into a problem that the user community itself is starting to solve. Appacross Europe. And if the number of signatures continues to grow at the current pace, this initiative could become the most visible public pressure ever on Apple and the European Union from the moment the company announced the postponement Siri AI for the European market.
I have it signed. Of course, if the situation doesn't change by September, I'll switch again. apple id to the US and I'll top up with coupons.
Is this a petition or a collection of contact information?
The authors of the initiative announced that they have submitted an official petition through the European petition system and are awaiting its approval? Where do you get this information from?
ProI mainly believed siri4eu.com.
Verdict: It doesn't look like an obvious scam, but it's not an official EU petition. It's a private website/campaign that collects signatures and contact details to put pressure on Apple/EU.
What plays into legitimacy:
* The website is mentioned in Macwelt as a petition founded by Italian developer Lorenzo Ferrante; the article also mentions his tweet and information that he is trying to submit it through the official EP petition system.
* The author introduces himself on Reddit as Lorenzo, iOS a developer from Italy, and openly writes that the website does not have automatic legal force, but is intended to collect votes and spread awareness; he also claims that he has submitted an official petition to the EP and is awaiting review.
* iCulture also writes about the campaign: it is a user petition, not an official EU tool; it mentions about 11,000 signatures and waiting for approval of the official submission.
What is risky/unverified:
* An official petition to the European Parliament is submitted via the EP portal, not via a private domain. The EP explicitly lists its Petitions Web Portal as the place to submit and support petitions.
* I see no independent evidence that the signatures from siri4eu.com will indeed be recognized as official support in the EP system.
* Private website logically collects minibasically the data entered into the form. So yes: it is also the collection of contact data, but I have no signal yet that it is a fraudulent collection.
My recommendation: if you want to sign, I would sign with just an email that you can sacrifice, no phone, no address, and nothing else. Pro I would wait for legally relevant support until the petition is searchable directly on the official portal of the European Parliament.
Anyway, voted down with comment: As an Apple customer and a functioning human being, I would prefer to decide for myself what is good for me. I don't recall electing EU bureaucrats to make my personal technology choices on my behalf. :-)
Since the petition is directed at the EU, which is innocent in this, I see no point in signing it. When the petition is directed at the Apple, they will gladly sign...
Exactly, but not many people here understand that.
You are wrong, the whole invented DMA is bad and that is not a mistake Apple.