Apple escaped Android's 'toxic hellstew' - now Siri AI is creating a new one

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In 2014, I called Android a "toxic hellstew of vulnerabilities." Little did I expect CEO Tim Cook to use the exact phrase on stage during that year's WWDC keynote. Someone even made T-shirts. (Contrary to the rumors, no, I had nothing to do with them.)

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But oh, how things have changed since those seemingly much simpler days. In the decade since, the battle lines have shifted from app store dominance...

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