Apple makes a big point of highlighting their privacy features and pushing back against some government requests for exactly this reason; to allay fears about consolidation and overreach. I doubt Tim Cook is a passionate believer in privacy as a human right, but it's effective messaging so he pushes it.

Musk's approach is the polar opposite from Apple. A capricious and petulant owner who goes out of his way to appease racists and dictators is not someone most people are comfortable with handing a lot of control and information about their lives to.

Apple is a corporation. They could be lead by an entirely new executive team tomorrow if that's what the shareholders want.

I wouldn't do business with Musk personally, but I don't think most people view him the way you do.

In any case, we're talking about normies are comfortable with. They don't really consider any of this stuff.

> I doubt Tim Cook is a passionate believer in privacy as a human right

What makes you think this? Lots of tech people have this perspective, and lots of gay people understand this perspective at a very deep level (especially if older)

Just curious why you think what you think.

Tim Cook believes in all sorts of things....when he in the US/EU.

When he's sucking up to China, all the morals and values he ingrained by growing up a gay man in the American deep South quickly and rather conveniently go right out the window.

The market share of the iphone is about 20%. So I think your comparison falls short with the very first item.

I am okay, to be totally vendor locked in the apple-ecosystem, because Androids market share is so much higher. If the iPhone fails to be a good product I will just switch. I am okay, to be totally vendor locked in gcp, because aws is a thing...

In the US, the country of origin for both iOS and Android, iPhone market share is closer to 60%