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AIUI Lockdown Mode doesn't stop e.g. Cellebite. (Lockdown Mode was introduced as an answer to e.g. Pegasus)

Cloud backup I imagine is seen as an anti-feature.

Nobody _needs_ to side load Google apps. That's the whole point - you don't have to use anything Google.

And I imagine many journalists do indeed take couple of hours to install GrapheneOS as it's a valuable tool of the trade.

Believing iOS is the most secure is just buying into their marketing. Sorry