If you go to Settings -> Privacy, the top two options in iOS 18 are:
* Auto-deny Advertising ID access
* Which apps have location access ("X always, Y while using the app" is summarized right at the top)
Is that possible with IOS to avoid Apple? I think not.
Edit: Clarified my question as to what's possible with IOS.
I've heard that from a number of folks on various forums, although I have not experienced that myself.
No one has forced me to use such an app. Probably because I'd rather have my tonsils extracted through my ears than do anything financially related on my device.
Perhaps I'm just curmudgeonly and set in my ways, or perhaps my 25+ years of professional infosec experience tells me that these devices (brand/version/OS is irrelevant) are hopelessly insecure and shouldn't be used for anything important.
I'm guessing probably a bit of both.
That being said with the exception of Qubes desktop devices are dramatically less secure than Graphene, so unless you're foregoing digital payments altogether I don't see how you could avoid some degree of risk.
Why would I want to use anything from those scumbags?
>That being said with the exception of Qubes desktop devices are dramatically less secure than Graphene, so unless you're foregoing digital payments altogether I don't see how you could avoid some degree of risk.
You're talking out of your ass and it smells that way too. Yuck!