Ditching your iPhone isn't some kind of "surrender" it's literally how efficient free markets work.

If a product no longer appeals to consumers they have alternatives.

Great thing with Android is even if Google follows Apple (probably will) it doesn't matter. Sideload. Use F-Droid. Grab the APK off GitHub. Run a whole de-googled ROM.

If you really wanna go wild get an open Linux phone like Pinephone.