i have seen hn commenters praise apple for "taking a stand on privacy". but how can anyone believe that when they collect so much personal data about the peopl

i have seen hn commenters praise apple for "taking a stand on privacy". but how can anyone believe that when they collect so much personal data about the people who purchase their hardware? the old apple did not do this. 1. collecting data on users for months and years after purchase, 2. storing it electronically on remote computers, 3. some connected to the internet. yes, this surely points to a company is concerned about user privacy. if something goes wrong can you sue apple? we should expect every hardware vendor from laptop mfrs to the rpi foundation to be silently collecting data from their customers long after the merchandise is purchased. they need to do this, because... wtf? 1. collecting data on consumers and 2. storing it online. #1 is incompatible with a pro-consumer stance on user privacy. #2 is a guarantee that others besides the company are going to get that data, whether the consumer is told about the breach or not.