I believe Apple cares a lot less about what's on my device, and what I do with it, than Google does. (If we're just comparing the two companies.) In reality y

I believe Apple cares a lot less about what's on my device, and what I do with it, than Google does. (If we're just comparing the two companies.) In reality you can't truly trust anybody without being able to audit every single thing in every step of the toolchain going from hardware design, software design, assembly, shipping the phone to my house, the service providers, the whole shebang. At some point you have to just accept that the chain is too long to really know what you're getting. A DIY phone with 100% open source software would go a long way towards solving the issue (because you become a large part of the chain) but it's not really tenable right now, and probably won't be for a very long time. I don't necessarily trust anyone, but I'm more comfortable with Apple than companies that make money off my information. Apple simply has less reasons to intentionally fuck me over.