But isn't your #argument essentially; believe what Apple tell us? I can't trust someone I never met to tell me the truth. I don't understand how you can. 

Apple can say what they like. It's what they do I'll judge them on. And #apple and #google do the same thing. They betray our trust. 

I would judge #Microsoft the same way, if they were in this argument. The real contrast here is #Linux. If they spy on us we can see it in the code.

That's the real deal with #opensource #software. We don't need to trust it. We can see what they're doing. That's the model I prefer. 

I use an #android phone and an #ipad but I don't expect them to protect my #privacy. That would be naive.