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That's why I will always chose Google because Google doesn't do such things!
You dropped this:
/s
To a degree you can override Googles choices, including running your own private Android version.
With iOS you must take what Apple gives.
As I understand, to run a truly de-Googled Android you need to buy Google's Pixel. I ain't sending a single penny to an ad company.
Not really, there's degoogled ROMs that run on different smartphones: CalyxOS, DivestOS, iodéOS, /e/... But it is generally recognised that the best one for privacy AND security is GrapheneOS, which indeed only runs on Pixel phones.
That's very good to know. I'm gonna bookmark your comment and look into them before my next phone purchase.
Good idea. Take your time to look into them and decide what suits you better. Each of them has a different range of compatible devices. I might have also missed some other ROMs, so it's worth reading more (although I deliberately skipped LineageOS because it is not fully degoogled).
I am personally running iodéOS for more than a year now and I'm quite happy with it.
Apple earns 4 billion a year from ads and growing.
Google is an ad company, and growing.
Then I recommend buying the Pinephone (or similar Linux phones). Everything else is immoral software controlled by Google or Apple.
I recently moved from Chrome to Firefox, so I get that. But Apple is a hell of a lot worse about it.
Using the iMessage thing to create social pressure in kids is pretty evil.
Luckily good ol' Google never targeted kids with their ads.