guys, it's my first post here and i'm sorry to bother you with this but can anyone tell me about security?

i still think iPhones are overpriced and iOS does less than Android can, that the notch is still ugly, the lack of a fingerprint scanner is hard to accpet and also the lack of a back button in the OS looks something quite dated even with the gestures well established

but in the last few months I've been really scratching my brains with the way that Android manages the user's info through the apps... even with all the personal cons I've talked before, the iPhone looks way more secure and appears to play better with the user's about what is being shared, to which apps it's being shared and when it's being shared

this thought comes from a guy who has been a lifetime Android user and, although knowing how much I can do things my way into the OS, I no longer consider myself as a power user: I just want things to be done nicelly, get a further term OS support and feel safe with the company's way being the most fair possible to me to let me know how my data is being treated in the backgrounds...

personally, I'm so tired of seeing so many ads showing up to me with things I've said or searched hours before in different apps (even with anonymous browse, I search for a sneaker in Chrome and then it shows up in a lot of ads at Instagram and other apps), it looks to me that Google plays harder in the shadows with all the data collected through the OS

that's why I've been thinking about switching, despite being a guy who never used iOS or Mac for more than 1 hour straight in my entire life haha (I learnt a lot of things through all these years being a little of a tech guy, but it will never match who really uses it in a daily basis)

I'm quitting most of my social networks and wanted to keep only the most important ones to my needs (2 maybe 3 of it), but also want to use it without being bombed with this kind of ad situation I've discribed

can you guys enlight my mind about it?