Will Apple do the "Kindle" model (ad-supported at a lower cost) or the Samsung Model (full price, with ads)?
Paying > $1,000 for a phone and being force-fed ads from a company concerned about your "privacy" seems like an insult?
I certainly hope our future is not one where we buy devices and they come pre-loaded with ads and use our data as well?
And yet we still refuse to use or support devices that are owned by the user.
Dual booting and unlocked phones still exist (second hand fairphone or even pixel is an option) which at least let you own the user land. As do the linux projects stated. There were quite a few dual boot capable phones a few years back, but they received little interest.
Smart home devices don't need to connect to the cloud. Buy a zigbee one if you really need a remote control your light bulb.
TVs that don't connectto the internet still exist.