It ain’t years it’s months ago…

No Hawaii

Plug and auto install drivers and play

Right. It’s pre-emptive to prevent people from profiting off of 3d printed replacements.

At least with android devices there is a possibility of swapping the operating system and windows computers can always be made Linux.

When you log into your phone with an apple ID, they hold a record of every interaction you have using it. Download an app, song, or backup your phone using icloud? Use their health app? It’s all stored and associated with your apple ID and phone serial number as well as other device unique identifiers. They reserve the right to analyze this data in-house or 3rd party and how you use their products and services to improve them, produce new, market to, etc.

https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-id/

They collect everything. Every detail of your usage. They may not sell it, but your entire life is on an apple server