Comment by nojito

Most of the info Apple sends shouldn't be considered telemetry though.

The hardware info is used to make sure that blacklisted/stolen devices are rendered inoperable.

The other requests are simply due to used apps...it seems the researcher is unclear about many aspects of iOS. i.e. typing a url into Safari kicks off to find links, apps, etc. that will be the logical next step for a "search"

He also doesn't understand the difference between Siri the voice assistant and Siri the platform.

tldr; Google vacuums everything it can...Apple is the exact opposite.