> It boils down to trust. Do you trust Google? Do you trust Apple? Why don't boil down even further? How comfortable you are when you put your own security on

> It boils down to trust. Do you trust Google? Do you trust Apple? Why don't boil down even further? How comfortable you are when you put your own security on other people's hand? Do you trust others will protect you no matter what? Do you trust others will completely be honest with you no matter what? I don't know about you, but for me, I always trying to figure out the detail of the thing that will be rely on, even it's just a door alarm. Only after that, I can then tell whether or not I trust it. If I understand you correctly, I can say that your "trust" is actually a form of trade off: I want to use the awesome __________ Phone, so I can ______________. For that, I could take some shit from __________ as long as they don't ______________. However, that just means you've convinced yourself to trust something, hardly anything else. And speak of "business model", many company was cool and awesome when it's young. Things change. So, if it's a question: Do you trust Google? Do you trust Apple? Both no. I kept my file encrypted when uploading to Google Drive, and I don't use iCloud at all. I have 16 different Google accounts and 3 Apple accounts, each for different things, and I replace most of then every two years (Or when Google start to ask me for my phone number). My advise: Don't dip yourself into that situation when you have to make a choice like that.