The Snowden PRISM revelations showed that all the major tech companies work with the US government and its spy agencies. Can't trust anyone.

> Of all the major tech companies around the world, Apple has the most incentive to actually deliver privacy, and has the best track record.

Honestly, based on what? That they haven't been caught?

My question is what do you connect this TO that doesn't spy. I get you can use a Smart TV and switch to HDMI input but there's no guarantee the TV is not spying on you in some way, if not today then tomorrow these things will come with eSIM support to upload ACR data even when 'disconnected' or connect to your smartphone over some ad tech protocol to do the same.

Apple has their own ad targeting program, and they only need to seem to deliver privacy.

If you want privacy (or anything for that matter), the only way you're going to get it is by user choice. A device that doesn't let you install your own apps is not going to deliver what you want.

I don’t trust them for privacy. I like them for the lack of annoyance. All their competitors seems to want to hinder any activity I want to do. Ads, nagging, notifications, … It’s basically a mental tax.

> and has the best track record

Or maybe they are just not caught yet. They are now running ads, where is the data coming for that. They stop others from using the APIs but nothing stop their first party apps to snoop and use the data.

Apple AirTag is the biggest privacy nightmare out there and I am not sure why people keep Apple separate from other data hungry companies

> and has the best track record.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-pay-95-million-settle-si...

    Apple routinely recorded their private conversations after they activated Siri unintentionally, and disclosed these conversations to third parties such as advertisers.