I had already turned off Siri at the menu level, but you appear to be technically unaware (QED) that to turn of the option for shortcuts you have to physically deselect Siri for every app you have on your individual IOS device!! There is no longer a single button to turn off Siri (QED).
In fact, with 5 in the family, I so far haven't mentioned the greater inconvenience I have which is to police 5 separate devices, that may install different new apps, all of which will be by default set to use Siri.
May I remind you that you were the person who asked me what problem the shortcuts were causing. I replied fully to your question with what I thought was a reasonable explanation.
The word 'mad' does not necessarily imply that somebody is 'mentally ill': it has several meanings and certainly in British English conversational style it usually implies 'foolish', 'imprudent', etc. and that is how it was meant. I apologise if you took offence, but none was intended. I could have said 'you' instead of 'people' which would have been directly offensive, but I intentionally avoided that because I was not trying to imply any personal criticism.
I think it was fair of me to raise the main problem of Siri, i.e. that the imposition of default settings was non-user-friendly and time-wasting, specifically in the case of shortcuts.
I think that raising my issue has been positive in making you and other users better aware of the fact that Siri cannot be simply 'turned off'.
Similarly, by comparing my 38 years use of Apple Macs and the changes that have occurred over that period with several CEOs, I was merely stating that in my particular case I did not trust the latest innovations under the present CEO.
Having been a loyal user of Apple computers and a developer of educational applications for nearly four decades, I therefore take offence at your claims that I am casting 'aspersions' on Cook or other Apple users rather than making acceptable informative comments.
I shall certainly be taking up your suggestion of raising the issue directly with Apple using the details of this thread.
I now consider this thread closed and you will no doubt be pleased to know that I shall not be using the forum again thanks to your contribution.