Part of the appeal of an iGizmo is not sending so much data to Google. I really doubt this is happening, and if it is, Apple will be hosting the models.
It shows encrypted streams that neither you or I can decipher. By default, either will spend its day scraping your surroundings (wifi and bluetooth) and report it back home, unless you opt-out (which both allow). Both are equally evil in my book.
Can’t you root both of those to setup a proxy to decrypt and see for yourself? If it’s encrypted, how can you tell that’s what it's doing to say with such certainty there?
On Android the certificate pinning makes it very hard even with root. On iPhone where the owner of the phone (Apple) actively fights against your ability to gain root, I can't imagine it's easier, but if it is I'd appreciate being corrected.
mitproxy lets you one tap install a config profile that does it. You know like you sometimes need to do in Korea or Kazakhstan... It's routine.
But I don't get you. You complained that droid makes it hard and apple makes it impossible. But it would be better for average user security if they could not do it (aka "did not own the device" in anti-apple propaganda), right?
I can't even tell whether it's sarcasm… All those services are closed-source, exchanging over binary protocols, of which there is no public description/documentation, and no stability guarantee.
You overdramatize, they mostly just push json around. mitmproxy is your friend. And since you only need to see for yourself once who cares about stability.
I guess Apple's Marketing is doing its thing once again...