Siri Outage Reveals Not Success or Failure … But Loneliness

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Late last week one of the big features of the recently released iPhone 4S – Siri – suffered an outage, which was widely reported. Beyond that, there were those who took the outage to indicate either massive success … or massive failure on the part of Apple and the service.

But I see something different … loneliness.

If you look back to the very first few things people tested on the iPhone 4S with Siri, it was telling it they loved it. You can see it featured in this Gizmodo article from right after the launch.

And here are just a few ‘Siri … I Love You’ clips from YouTube:

Which brings me to one undeniable conclusion – when Siri went down, more than being a commentary about how either the massive success caused issues or that Apple failed to address potential data logjams, the reality is that millions were left alone without their dearest companion and love of their life.

So please Apple, make sure Siri doesn’t go down again. Don’t do it for Wall Street or cynical bloggers looking for any excuse to bash Apple … no, do it do that never again will you break the hearts of millions of Siri lovers who depend on her for their deep, daily interpersonal interactions.

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Michael Anderson
I have loved technology for as long as I can remember - and have been a computer gamer since the PDP-10! Mobile Technology has played a major role in my life - I have used an electronic companion since the HP95LX more than 20 years ago, and have been a 'Laptop First' person since my Compaq LTE Lite 3/20 and Powerbook 170 back in 1991! As an avid gamer and gadget-junkie I was constantly asked for my opinions on new technology, which led to writing small blurbs ... and eventually becoming a reviewer many years ago. My family is my biggest priority in life, and they alternate between loving and tolerating my gaming and gadget hobbies ... but ultimately benefits from the addition of technology to our lives!