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   Alan to CrudeSausage   
   Re: Sorry, Mac Fans: Linux Is Actually t   
   31 Aug 25 22:14:54   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-31 07:10, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-30 10:03 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   >   
   > < snipped for brevity >   
   >   
   >>> I've already told you that I mostly avoid the functionality and that   
   >>> I wouldn't be the right source to show _how_ it helps. Nevertheless,   
   >>> I know how you are and I have no desire to try to convert a Mac   
   >>> zealot the same way I wouldn't try to convert a follower of the   
   >>> pedophile muhammad (piss be upon him).   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> OK...but you made a specific claim:   
   >>   
   >> "It also provides some very decent AI functionality that is completely   
   >> absent from Safari."   
   >>   
   >> I'm still waiting for you to explain what this functionality is beyond   
   >> building in Copilot.   
   >>   
   >> What differentiates it from just using various AI services?   
   >   
   > Unsurprisingly, and much like Snit and every other Mac zealot, you   
   > refuse to let things go even after a person provides you with an answer.   
   >   
   > I looked it up online since, like I said repeatedly, I don't use the   
   > features myself having browsed a certain way since 1994 and being   
   > unwilling to change my habits. Nevertheless, Co-Pilot provides page   
   > summarization, text rewriting and voice navigation according to a quick   
   > search. With voice navigation, you can have Co-Pilot search for content   
   > you might have lost in a barrage of tabs or even in your history. As far   
   > as I know, Safari does not have this functionality.   
   >   
   > I imagine that you'll bring up Siri. I use Siri and it's fantastic for   
   > giving you directions to a location. However, my experience with a   
   > simple question this week like "Siri, where is Wembley Stadium located?"   
   > was laughable. In every attempt, it just bombed. As for Apple   
   > Intelligence, we already know that it is lagging significantly behind   
   > what Microsoft offers to a point that they had to sign a deal with   
   > OpenAI to try to bring it up to par.   
   >   
   >   
      
   No. You did NOT provide me with an answer.   
      
   You made specific claim and when asked to support it, you simply evaded.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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