Samsung has now decided that for me to use the camera on my Android phone, i must give full permission to something called Nearby Devices. Thankfully, i can live without the camera but for the first time, i mulling over moving to Apple.
Recommend GrapheneOS for your Pixel phone. It is so good I wonder how long it will last.
And yes, I get it, they're not perfect, but they're the better of 2 bad options.
https://www.thespl.it/p/apples-sleeping-advertising-business
" For the past five years, Apple has been setting up for what will soon be its most profitable product line. It's not a new phone or computer: it's advertising. "
As some C-suite suit bonus will depend on that, you can be sure that the various protections will evaporate over the years.
Pest or cholera - that's what happens when there is a monopoly and the monopoly buys out or sue every competitor. Google and Apple are laughing all the way to the bank, Just like Microsoft for PC.