I think the most offensive element of Apple's approach is that your device, that you paid for and own [1], is acting in a way that can only be against your own

I think the most offensive element of Apple's approach is that your device, that you paid for and own [1], is acting in a way that can only be against your own interest. There is really no good argument to allow that. Most of the other user-hostile features are at least somewhat explained away as also benefiting the user (e.g. claims that targeted ads are preferable to irrelevant ones, telemetry helps cover the users' use cases, buying the subscription service is actually a win-win, etc.) Nobody would choose a feature like this voluntarily. This is simply preinstalled malware. I really wonder whether Apple realized how badly they just burned down their entire privacy-centric advertising campaign, where the core selling point is that unlike others, they act in your interest. [1] Spare me the Stallmanism, I'm talking about the device itself.