Apple Intelligence
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
27warn against
Nov 2, 2025first mention
Oct 28, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Apple has some impressive privacy technology for Apple Intelligence”
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“Apple Intelligence + Shortcuts is the most underhyped corporate use case for AI.”
“And I love it! The ocr/vision models are a literal life saver here.”
Caveats and dissent
“Now we got “apple intelligence” and subscriptions all over the place”
long-time Apple user wanting to leave BigTechon “MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch”
“Apple Intelligence is the least capable AI of any of the big tech companies.”
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“Yes apple intelligence is pretty bad.”
“explains how to disable Apple Intelligence throughout Golden Gate”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac 3 mentions
- Tell HN: iOS 27 does not allow Apple Intelligence to be disabled 3 mentions
- Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models 3 mentions
- I said no and Apple said yes 2 mentions
- Googlebook: Designed for Gemini Intelligence – Coming Fall 2026 – Googlebook 2 mentions
- Our Commitment to Windows Quality 2 mentions
Data: apple-intelligence.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 40
“Now we got “apple intelligence” and subscriptions all over the place”
“Apple Intelligence is the least capable AI of any of the big tech companies.”
“Yes apple intelligence is pretty bad.”
“I use and enjoy Apple Intelligence”
“explains how to disable Apple Intelligence throughout Golden Gate”
“but I was not willing to give up 16% of my free space for models I will never use.”
“apple intelligence is currently taking up 10gb on my macbook m1 with the tiniest configuration”
“Apple has some impressive privacy technology for Apple Intelligence”
“Apple Intelligence can never replace our users or the personal touch they bring”
“you CAN disable MOST of the Apple Intelligence features”
“I belive they are investing on Apple Intelligence a lot more”
On macOS you can delete them manually (though it requires booting into recovery mode and temporarily disabling System Integrity Protection). https://github.com/tejyash/delete-apple-intelligence-macos
CNET says that the OS auto-reclaims the space when needed: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-turn-off-apple-intelligence/
“AI (Apple Intelligence) is the Anti-Mac”
“it's a bunch of other peoples stuff cobbled and wrapped together”
“Apple Intelligence and Siri AI in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 are available on”
“It’s integrated into the core of your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through on-device processing.”
It’s the DMA regulation that forces Apple to give the same access as they have to other AI chat apps. Once it leaves the device Apple does not know what those other ai chat apps will do with the gathered data. > Siri AI is private by design and deeply integrated across Apple’s platforms using on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute, which extends the privacy and security of iPhone into the cloud. However, unde
“they failed to deliver on its promises”
“Apple Intelligence + Shortcuts is the most underhyped corporate use case for AI.”
“uses Apple Intelligence”
“50+ sample results from apple ai”
“apple intelligence has never interrupted me. I don't even know what it is.”
“I don't really notice Apple Intelligence.”
“disabling Apple Intelligence doesn't make much of a difference.”
“I'm a little skeptical about the Apple Intelligence capabilities”
What do people even expect from these intelligence services? Apple is always said to have failed, yet I've seen nothing in Windows that I'd actually want to use WRT to intelligence services. Siri being better at free form requests for actions and doing internet/knowledge searches is about all I can think of. But also, I use Kagi for that, and unless Siri has a pluggable backend for search I'm not sure being forced to
“I don't like what Apple is doing to my phone and laptop”
“Apple?”
“https://clarksonlawfirm.com/lp/apple-intelligence-false-advertising/”
I love how you make a totally sane prediction and get downvoted out of pure corporate fanboyism.
“It would be genuinely catastrophic to ship an insecure system with this kind of data access”
“It's obviously broken, so no, Apple Intelligence should not have been this.”
“It was insane that any release, let alone how many releases, automatically enabled or re-enabled”
“then had to roll them back because the results were so poor”
“You can disable Siri (and Apple Intelligence) entirely”
“advertises some new feature that siphons up your personal data like Apple Intelligence”
“letting users click “not interested” on Apple Intelligence and never see it again”
“Apple Intelligence is going to be Gemini”
“I expect them to stiffle competition and setting themselves up as the primary player in the Apple ecosystem for AI services”