That is a false equivalence.
> Yes, apple does sell your data. They just don't want others to do it too.
This badly needs a source.
> There are plenty of smaller security focused phone vendors these days that doesn't intersect with user interest.
This badly needs examples.
To whom?
Just look at the front page of the app store, literal ad right there amongst numerous locations.
Their ad revenue has been expanding since 2016, and despite them hiding exact ad revenue in their quarterly, Tim Cook has mentioned in the investor call that "advertising and analytics, apple services revenue set an all-time record of 20.8 billion in q4".
You are conflating lots of categories that maybe you don't quite understand. Not everything is a conspiracy.
The strange part would be your weird definition of what constitutes selling user data.
According to your definition, Google isn't selling data to third parties since they now own the entire vertical integration when they bought double click back in 2008.
I mentioned safety and solidity - meaning - I want the phone to have as few attack vectors as possible. Ads have nothing to do with this.
Go disagree with yourself in the mirror, not my problem.
If privacy was the main concern, you wouldn't be using any of the ad vendors, which includes apple.
Yes, apple does sell your data. They just don't want others to do it too.
There are plenty of smaller security focused phone vendors these days that doesn't intersect with user interest.