Let's be honest, this is what you sign up for with Apple. Apple chooses not only the defaults but even what software you are allowed to run. To be surprised th

Let's be honest, this is what you sign up for with Apple. Apple chooses not only the defaults but even what software you are allowed to run. To be surprised that Apple uses "their" network of devices to provide services to their users shouldn't be surprising. If you wanted control over your device you shouldn't buy Apple, their stance on user's ownership of devices is widely known.