Tech So no Cortana for Canada. Microsoft, what were you thinking? - GoFuckYourself.com

CDSmith · 10-08-2015, 12:23 PM

Canadian Windows 10 users do not have access to Cortana, the "clever new personal assistant" for MS Windows 10.

-- Cortana will help you find things on your PC, manage your calendar, track packages, find files, chat with you, and tell jokes. The more you use Cortana, the more personalized your experience will be.

China was given it. Also UK users enjoy it, as does France, Italy, Germany, hell even Spain has it.

...but not Canada.

And the complaints from Canadians are piling up on the MS Help site

I particularly love what one irate guy wrote there:

Same old runaround, a question is asked and Microsoft gives an unrelated answer! You weren't asked about a phone...why is Cortana not available in Canada? Simple question that a company with all your resources should be able to answer!
Let's set the record straight,

USA and Canada
- our governments get along rather well
- we share intelligence at the highest levels
- NSA and CSEC work hand in hand
- Canada does not Cyber attack the USA
- we are each others biggest trading partner
- we share the longest open border in the world
- we are signatories of NAFTA

USA and China
- China's military is constantly probing US networks for vulnerablities
- China has stolen highly classified material from Sandia, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos
- China often vetos votes supported by the US in the United Nations, minimizing and negating US support to issues, countries.

So in short I call BullS#$t. US owes China a Trillion plus dollars, thus a communist country completely opposed to US beliefs and standards gets Cortana. Canada, always arm-in-arm with the US, not a chance.

But phear not my phellow CanYuckistanians. At least those of you that already have or plan to upgrade to Win 10. If you're sitting there scratching your noggin as to why no Cortana, according to this windowscentral page Cortana will become available to Canada (English) "soon". I take that to mean in the coming few months, because it also goes on to say that "later this year it will also become available to Canada (French)". There are only a few months of "this year" left.

Also included in that "coming soon" promise are Australia, Japan, India, Brazil, and Mexico.

So, why wasn't Cortana simply released worldwide in one shot?

The simple answer is that Cortana is not just Bing search with voice bootstrapped onto it. If that were the case, then Microsoft would've and should've released it globally on Day 1 for Windows 10. Instead, Cortana ties deeply into a country's culture and local networks for information. This culture and language stuff is the complicated part. To read more see "Making Cortana" at this page.

Aside from all of that MS doesn't appear to be very forthcoming about why they included China and not Canada. Perhaps they're just assholes. Or maybe it's a perceived dialect thing. (Americans and Canadians, apart from the obvious accent differences, speak basically the same lingo)

I guess I can look forward to MY Cortana saying "eh?" and "oot an' aboot" when it finally does get here. :D

Sly · 10-08-2015, 12:29 PM

I blame… Canada.

MrBottomTooth · 10-08-2015, 12:33 PM

I disabled that crap anyway because of the privacy issues. No different than Siri on an iPhone, but I don't own an iPhone either.

Quote:

Cortana has some of the most sweeping privacy-related settings, but it?s also one of the most useful new features, which means you have to decide whether turning it off is worth the privacy. In order to work, Cortana logs your voice (to process what you?re saying), location (to give you location-specific answers), your writing (to answer questions), your contacts (so you can reference them), calendar events (so it can create, delete, or give information about your upcoming appointments), and more. That?s a lot of stuff!

Of course, it?s also very similar to Siri and Google Now, which collect a lot of the same data (but on your phone instead of your PC).

shake · 10-08-2015, 12:34 PM

Probably just not legal in Canada due to our privacy laws.

EddyTheDog · 10-08-2015, 12:36 PM

You're missing nothing - I can't get that bitch to work at all - I have it running on a laptop in the living room and I have even tried using fake accents - Nada - If I have the TV on she pops up a random Bing search every 10 minutes...

Relic · 10-08-2015, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by shake

Probably just not legal in Canada due to our privacy laws.

What he said and just tell it you are an American, it's what it wants you to do.

dyna mo · 10-08-2015, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

I blame? Canada.

Winnipeggers specifically.

nothing but francophones.

dcortez · 10-08-2015, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by shake

Probably just not legal in Canada due to our privacy laws.

Give it time. Bill C-51 needs a chance to kick in, and Harper needs to be re-elected.

Maybe, instead of tar sands, Harper can promise Cortana as part of his election platform...

-Dino

DamnSexy · 10-08-2015, 12:54 PM

cortana is a bitch.

CurrentlySober · 10-08-2015, 12:58 PM

CDSmith · 10-08-2015, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

Winnipeggers specifically.

nothing but francophones.

lol

I'm right in the heart of the Francophone community, but I'm just here spying on them.

For the last 20 years.

(nothing to report other than a few girls with unshaven pits)

Roughly one twelfth of the some 750,000 population of the 'Peg is French.

CDSmith · 10-08-2015, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth

I disabled that crap anyway

That's what many if not most will do once they've played with 'her' a bit and the novelty wears off.

But then there are some who will go all-in with her. Balls deep as it were. You know, the ones who were highly amused by the MS Office paperclip guy. It's that crowd that is the most up-in-arms over this lack of Cortana in Canada I would guess.

Me, I'm just kind of fascinated by the Halo connection.

Best-In-BC · 10-08-2015, 01:25 PM

Yeah, we are getting way too much like the sheep cluster fuck UK

chaze · 10-08-2015, 06:45 PM

I don't think they wanted you to get offended by her.

PorN-LinK · 10-08-2015, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDSmith

That's what many if not most will do once they've played with 'her' a bit and the novelty wears off.

But then there are some who will go all-in with her. Balls deep as it were. You know, the ones who were highly amused by the MS Office paperclip guy. It's that crowd that is the most up-in-arms over this lack of Cortana in Canada I would guess.

Me, I'm just kind of fascinated by the Halo connection.

Cortana made halo what halo is!

_Richard_ · 10-09-2015, 03:40 AM

woj · 10-09-2015, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by _Richard_

Spunky · 10-09-2015, 06:51 AM

Discrimination against the Canadian people once again

CDSmith · 10-09-2015, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by PorN-LinK

Cortana made halo what halo is!

Ye-ES!. Quite right I say.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spunky

Discrimination against the Canadian people once again

I know right? Maybe they're testing the level of our politeness.

Push a polite Canadian so far and watch out.

SilentKnight · 01-02-2016, 09:48 AM

Cortana not workin' here despite the lang pack updates and all my location/region settings aligned for Canada (english).

The Porn Nerd · 01-02-2016, 10:27 AM

WTF seriously? Shouldn't the "English" version work in Canada, too? They do speak Englsh in the great white north don't they?

What if a Canadian bought a Windows 10 machine in New York would Cortana then be blocked when he plugged it in in Toronto? Makes no sense whatsoever. LOL

ErectMedia · 01-02-2016, 10:32 AM

Got it on my Desktop & Laptop but afraid to try it after seeing....

SilentKnight · 01-02-2016, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ErectMedia

Got it on my Desktop & Laptop but afraid to try it after seeing....

If only Cortana had Scarlett Johansson's voice.

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