I certainly lowered my usage, removed ie all Meta apps (or linkedin) long before it became Meta, and no looking back.

Happy to remove any app that I don't like, fuck usability and convenience, I have some good respect towards myself and I know how to live well without phone. Are we really that retarded that threat to keep away from the phone is supposed to be something scary? When quality life happens often exactly due to lack of it in our hands.

No and anything like that is turned off and it's iOS so I trust that they don't do anything behind my back like that.

I also have no social media on my phone, everything is locked down and all the privacy options are enabled.