That's extremely unsettling...
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A lot of my data is end-to-end encrypted with alternatives and I use very few Google services other than Android and YouTube. I've done my research and honestly, Google and iOS are very similar in terms of privacy practices. They both phone home a lot of diagnostic and telemetry information, but I am aware of all these practices and adjust my behaviours accordingly.
You do know that many of these processes are done with on-device intelligence?
Also, telecoms in Canada are worse with privacy since they sell your location data to third parties.
Why move? I came from an iPhone 13 and I'm so much happier now.
Google Pixels have call screening and anti spam features built in, such a life saver. Even if carriers don't implement any protections, my phone will continue to do it on its own.
Smaller models aren't as good as GPT