You shouldn't be communicating with the phone

You shouldn’t be communicating with the phone

Andy Rubin, head of Android at Google, talking about Siri:

Your phone is a tool for communicating. You shouldn’t be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating with somebody on the other side of the phone.

I like this quote a lot because it has an additional layer of meaning beyond what’s obvious. To Google, the phone (or any device) is just a vessel for using Google services. Google doesn’t want you to use your phone; they want you to use Google through your phone.