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Google photos on ios is literally a hostage situation. Remove key functionalities like copying an image or editing an image unless you give them full unrestricted access to your entire photo library. (The holy grail of surveillance capitalism data). Data extortion masquerading as a service.
Apple absolutely does collect personal data from its users and uses that data to target advertising. They openly disclose this in their policy statements.
Stating that
is unjustifiable when Apple makes BILLIONS from advertising.
They also have been fined by European regulators when their practices ran afoul of privacy law.
Just because they're not as bad as Google (quite a low bar) it doesn't mean they're as good as they try to sell you on.
Lesser evil is still lesser evil.
It's hilarious how the people who choose more evil have such hatred of the lesser evils, it's like the evil has invaded their monds.