[jimjambw]

That is indeed one area of privacy but I wouldn’t say that Apple is far worse. There is countless number of examples where this just simply isn’t true.

Also regarding the App Store, you don’t have to enter a credit card, you can make an account with a new email address.

[cnst]

What's worse than the inability to NOT have a permanent standardised real-name identifier on your device at all times and on all devices?

Apple has really questionable security as well. There's lots of people who have reported Apple randomly asking for Apple Account passwords all of a sudden in popups, on both iOS and macOS, the same way as malware would; or forcing password resets every day or every week.

BTW, do you know how many customer accounts did Apple terminate in 2024? It's 128'961'839 — nearly 129 million customer accounts terminated in just one year.