[frumplestlatz]

The article you cite refutes your claim, explicitly bringing up the lack of access to user data.

I frankly don’t care if the App Store has advertisements. I would care if my data is (1) available to Apple to read by virtue of not being e2e encrypted, and (2) used to train models and target those advertisements.

[fsflover]

> I would care if my data is (1) available to Apple to read by virtue of not being e2e encrypted, and (2) used to train models and target those advertisements.

Here we go:

Apple fined $8.5M for illegally collecting iPhone owners' data for ads (gizmodo.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34299433

Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected (aalto.fi)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39927657

Apple silently uploads your passwords and keeps them (lapcatsoftware.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42014588

Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself (theregister.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43047952

Apple memory holed its broken promise for an OCSP opt-out (lapcatsoftware.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41184153

Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS (therecord.media) [but Apple still collects a lot!]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261

[alt227]

I dont mean to be rude but you obviously dont do much research about companies you seem to care a lot about.

Apple have been caught time and time again undermining their users security and privacy, including syphoning off user data to government agencies etc.

The sibling post cites enough reading to be getting on with, but heres a few more of my favourites for good measure:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/11/12/apple-getting-sue...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/apple-con...

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments...