Did anyone gush about it at any point though.

Siri is probably one of the most, rightfully, panned product of all time.

Even the day it was released it was panned because it was a gimped version of the app Apple had bought from the App Store.

I don’t think it’s reached parity with the original 3rd party Siri to date (I believe you could, for example, buy movie tickets with the original Siri, which the Apple Siri hasn't ever been capable of doing).