Siri weather data provided by the weather channel-is this an ad on Siri?

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Siri weather data provided by the weather channel-is this an ad on Siri? I just asked Siri for weather was going to rain, and she responded with the forecast and then stated that her weather data was provided by the weather Channel. This is new, isn’t it Is this the start of advertisements on the voice assistants?

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but iOS has been pulling weather data for the built in weather app and Siri from the weather channel for quite some time. Siri has also announced this seemingly sporadically for just as long...This isn't new by any means.

Switched from Yahoo to Weather Channel with iOS 8... https://9to5mac.com/2014/06/20/why-apple-switched-from-yahoo...

Oh phew. This was first time it had happened to me, and was afraid it was the start of been era

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