> This is how iOS and apps in general work - you don't really control the amount of data you're using, and you never did. Downloading a changeset of a hash data

> This is how iOS and apps in general work - you don't really control the amount of data you're using, and you never did. Downloading a changeset of a hash database is not a big deal; I'd wager you get more push notifications with data payloads in a day than this would be. Oh, definitely. But I am given the ability to remove those apps, or to disable these notifications, and I consider the ones I leave to be of some value to me? This? On my phone? It’s literal spyware. But, as I said, it's only because I am a maniac regarding how tools should behave. The point you add about Google, however, is a real issue. I’ve seen some people mention LineageOS and postmarketOS. But isn’t really a solution for most people.