[Spktyr]

I specifically said “out of the box factory-shipped condition” and noted that if you put third party apps on, those apps can track you but it’s on your own responsibility at that point.

As shipped, all Android phones phone home to Momma Google with all your personal, detailed, un-anonymised information and iOS devices don’t.

[no-s]

Yeah, right. "out of the box factory-shipped condition" lasts until you hit the first agree/accept/ok prompt or log into your account. Or for that matter configure your phone number. Just trying to use your brand-new IOS device will expose you to the risk. And lets not forget that NSA/DIA/FBI/CIA/etc ran ops to intercept shipments for physical access exploits.

There's plenty of gotchas in your assumptions. I read the exploit reports. The only way to win is not to play, HHOS. I give Apple points for verifiably attempting to hold the line, but it's impossible to avoid nation state interference or unethical/criminal exploiters piggybacking on the state actor exploits. Hedging is the best you can do. Think different, heheh.