It couldn’t be an official vendor, Google would never let that fly.
While that would certainly solve that problem, it still comes down to the individual and what level of privacy they think they need and what features they would have to forfeit to achieve that level.
I’m not all about the tinfoil hat, but I do require a certain level of privacy and iOS gives me that.
How does iOS give you privacy? Honest question
If you used it, you would know. I mean that genuinely, not being a smartass.
From their additional encryption option for your backups, to their “hide my email” option, which creates a random email address that forwards to your real one. One of my favorite privacy features, actually. Private relay, which is similar to a VPN but better, but only works with safari, which is also privacy oriented.
There are quite a few features that make iOS more private and secure than an out of the box Android device, but it would take far too long to list them all. Some, you actually have to use to appreciate as well.
