They absolutely are. And they give it to governments upon request.
Their privacy stories are marketing first.
Their privacy stories are marketing first.
Google and Samsung do.
They went from “Don’t be evil” to a cartoonish “Doctor Evil” character in a decade.
So in other words, "companies operating within a nation are expected to abide by the laws of that nation"?
Apple structures their systems to limit the data they can turn over by request, and documents what data they do turn over. What else do you believe they should be doing?
Much like every other tech company you test the request.
Apple never does.
Citation needed?
I trust Apple about as far as I can throw them too. They are inherently anti-consumer rights everywhere in their ecosystem. The "Privacy" angle is just PR.
None of the big companies expressly sell your information. Not because they are altruistic, but because it is an asset that they want to protect so they can rent to the next person.