I would like to very much believe you as I turned to Apple because I didn't like both Microsoft's and Canonical user spying practices and unfortunately have to

I would like to very much believe you as I turned to Apple because I didn't like both Microsoft's and Canonical user spying practices and unfortunately have to use use some non-linux commercial software applications. However, recent moves by Apple over the past years make me very doubtful. Apple is going about this just as Google did in the beginning - loudly and convincingly promising "privacy" while slowly intruding more and more and collecting more data on its users.