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This is a big pain point of the iPhone. You can use Proton or other providers, but you will be stuck with iCloud for your backups.
The issue with the iPhone is that you need to trust Apple. They have a decent reputation (obviously someone will immediately say "nooo, it's baaad!!1"), and it has a good trade-off security/usability, but it's just like a top quality over-the-counter medicine. If you want the real stuff, there will be side effects (on features).
I never get people saying that apple is actively spying on you without giving a real evidence, when that is not where their profit lies. Honestly, it comes off as being paranoid.
Apple has an history of resisting surveillance and that's true. However, it's subject to regulations, they lower security in some countries (see UK), it's based in the US which is definitely not encouraging, and... it may just end becoming like Google in the span of a few years.
That said, I prefer Apple to most of the other brands.
I hear you, I do trust Apple more than Google. I know Apple is more closed down when it comes to freedom and features, so I could use icloud, there is a little guide to iOS privacy here, also talking about iCloud
You shouldn't. Neither of them give a shot about you.