I don't use it, but yes I think that it works because they have everything to lose and nothing to gain. They definitely could share whatever data they have with whoever, which is why you use e2ee.
At the end of the day you are trusting Apple with pretty much everything if you use this service because they make most of your phone, the entire operating system, host the update servers, etc.
>At the end of the day you are trusting Apple with pretty much everything if you use this service because they make most of your phone, the entire operating system, host the update servers, etc.
Correct but this is not privacy.
Privacy is when you have a phone does not contact external services, or at the least, allows you to control which services it can contact.
With Apple, you don't have this. Sure e2ee to Apple exists, but if China decides to put enough pressure on Apple and request your data from Apple if you visit China, its very likely they will give it to them, and you have no option to opt out.
We were originally talking about if they implemented e2ee correctly and obviously e2ee gives you significant privacy. Your documents are still private if you encrypt them locally and then upload to google drive, no matter what connections google drive makes.
Privacy is a spectrum and Apple gives you the most privacy of any big tech company.
At the end of the day you are trusting Apple with pretty much everything if you use this service because they make most of your phone, the entire operating system, host the update servers, etc.