<div id="readability-page-1"><figure> <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/257910_AI_journaling_CVirginia.jpg/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="2040" height="1360" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/257910_AI_journaling_CVirginia.jpg/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA"/> <figcaption> A blank page is supposed to be ‘inconvenient.’ | Image: The Verge, Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> In July 2023, I deleted the Day One journaling app from my phone and laptop. It was perhaps the best thing I've done as a lifelong diarist. The decision was prompted by Apple announcing its Journal app at WWDC that year. In that keynote, Apple said it would use &#34;on-device machine learning&#34; to provide prompts based on the content in your iPhone - things like contacts, photos, music, workouts, podcasts, and location data. The idea gave me the ick. Mainly because the app was described as a riff on the Memories feature in the Photos app, which at the time had &#34;intelligently&#34; resurfaced a photo of my mother's open casket. <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-2.36.24%E2%80%AFPM.png/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="630" height="890" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-2.36.24%E2%80%AFPM.png/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA"/> I had flashbacks to t … Read the full story at The Verge.</div>

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The author reflects on their decision to delete the Day One journaling app after Apple announced its Journal app, which uses on-device machine learning for prompts based on personal data. The author expresses discomfort with this approach, recalling a negative experience with the Photos app's Memories feature.

- The author deleted the Day One journaling app in July 2023, finding it beneficial as a lifelong diarist.  
- This decision was influenced by Apple's announcement of its Journal app, which uses on-device machine learning for prompts based on user data.  
- The author expressed discomfort with the app's concept, recalling a negative experience with the Photos app's Memories feature.  

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