I must say I never understood why Apple is supposed to be any guarantee of privacy? If you are technically minded, you can easily flash LineageOS + microg on y

I must say I never understood why Apple is supposed to be any guarantee of privacy? If you are technically minded, you can easily flash LineageOS + microg on your phone a use a virtually surveillance-free phone (as far as you can, ignoring stuff like cell tower tracking and opaque baseband, etc).