Comment by cmckn
6 hours ago
To be fair, setting up a new iPhone (without restoring from backup) is a pretty long-winded process these days. You have to make about 50 decisions on various features, tap through numerous info screens, set up Face ID, Apple Pay, voice recognition, etc. etc. It feels like every team at Apple wants something in the onboarding flow.
All of those security related screens you listed is why I like Apple: security related things are local to secure enclave, not in cloud.
And Apple sometimes re-asks you with minor point releases a selection of those questions even though you’ve already answered.