June 14, 2026
Siri-ously, Europe is yelling
Bring Siri AI to EU iPhone Users Safely
EU iPhone fans want Siri now, but the comments are a full-on food fight
TLDR: A new petition wants Apple and European officials to work out a way to bring Siri AI to iPhones in Europe without weakening privacy protections. But the comments are split between people demanding equal access, people calling Siri worthless, and others roasting the whole campaign as all slogan, no substance.
A fresh petition is calling on Apple and European Union officials to stop leaving European iPhone users out of the latest Siri AI features. The pitch is simple: if people already own the phones, they should get the same shiny voice assistant tools as everyone else, and Apple plus regulators should find a safe, private compromise instead of making users wait. The campaign even frames it as a fairness issue, saying Europe is being pushed to the back of the line.
But the real show is in the comments, where the community instantly turned this into a messy, hilarious civil war. One camp basically yelled, “This is all vibes, no plan,” mocking the petition as a manifesto-first, substance-later stunt. Another side went even harder: not only do they not want Siri AI, they want a sign-up sheet for keeping it off EU phones entirely, calling it “garbage” and accusing Apple of using the feature as a pressure tactic against European rules. Ouch.
Then came the sarcastic crowd, with one commenter joking that Europeans should just install a better Siri replacement... before catching the punchline: that’s exactly the problem being fought over. And in peak internet fashion, another commenter backed the petition while dragging the site’s moderation, after ugly user submissions showed up under “What EU users are saying.” So yes, this started as a campaign about digital access and privacy. It ended up revealing something much juicier: even the people supposedly being denied the feature can’t agree whether they actually want it.
Key Points
- •The article is a petition campaign urging Apple and EU regulators to make Siri AI available to EU iPhone users.
- •The campaign says it submitted an official petition through the EU petition website and is awaiting approval.
- •The article argues that privacy and competition can coexist and that regulation should protect users without delaying access to features.
- •The Digital Markets Act is cited as relevant to the current lack of access, with the article arguing implementation issues should be fixed if they are causing delays.
- •The page states it stores limited supporter data for petition counting and abuse prevention, while official European Citizens' Initiative signatures would be handled through a separate EU process.