It's always Android weenies(self included in that group) that do the bitching.

Oh, I've seen my fair share of Apple users being all high and mighty.

I have seriously considered switching the last few years because, at the very least, they pay lip service to privacy

Their privacy is a joke. They harvest your data as much as anyone. Sure, Google harvests a little more, but given that Apple with their premium prices on everything could manage without harvesting data at all, yeah, they're as shitty as Google.