It looks like AppleIts voice assistant has been the target of anger from some Chinese social media users. according to a report of south morning china post, caused by a technical fault Sir, I The simple question “how many medals has China won in Tokyo Olympics” is not able to answer.
The report said that users took to China’s popular social media platform Weibo and posted screenshots of Siri, leaving them unable to know how many medals China has won. A picture posted showed that Japan had 11 gold medals, China and the US 10. However, Siri could not read China’s medal count.
As per reports online, it was a technical glitch earlier this week that led to it. Siri could only read the name of a country if two countries had the same amount of gold medals, which was the case here with the US and China. Siri ‘chosen’ to say US and this has sparked anger from Chinese netizens on Weibo. The ‘bug’ was reported on Tuesday and apparently it was fixed the next day. But that didn’t stop the complaints against Apple on social media.
There were complaints on social media platforms that Apple deliberately ignored China due to trade tensions between the two countries. Some also said that according to online reports, Apple was deliberately discriminating against China.
China remains an important market for Apple and the company has often been accused of having different rules for China than the rest of the world. Because the Chinese ‘nationalists’ have been anti-Apple Huawei Was banned by former US President Donald TrumpDue to which trade tensions have arisen between the countries. While Huawei is banned in the US and has caused massive damage to the company, Apple continues to make billions from the Chinese market.
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