Comment by Argonaut998

It's just hypocrisy. I don't know how people can defend Apple as a privacy company when they phone home more than their Google counterparts.

People will say that at least Apple don't have a vested interest in their data since they are not an advertising company like Google or Meta. But Apple collects an absurd amount of data, it is phoning home every second. Some Apple traffic is hard-coded to go through VPNs.

Apple has already experimented with ads in Maps. Shareholders demand infinite growth, so it is only a matter of time before Apple dives into ads themselves.

The only valid point is that Apple does protect your privacy – only towards other companies.

I switched to Apple around 3 years ago because I don't like having my data coupled to Google. But I am regretting my decision, I will probably switch back to Android + Linux instead of IOS + Mac at this rate.