I don't understand how every post isn't incandescently furious about this? People just seem to be resigned! This is so far beyond what I'd consider ethical for a hardware company to do s that I will not ever buy an Apple product off the back of it.
This lazy give-me-convenience-or-give-me-death thinking is so weird. I want my devices to be completely dumb. I don't want them to know anything about me. I don't want them to think for me or make decisions for me. I store data so I can retrieve it, not for the computer to "learn" from it. Leave me the hell alone.
A respectable opinion! But are you self aware enough to realize that this opinion is NOT the norm? These products simply might not be for you, and it's frustrating they can't provide a "leave me alone" toggle somewhere in settings.
(And the other half are Apple vassals)