Seems you have found something that fits your belief, that apple are protecting you and Google are evil.
If it makes sleep at night, good on you.
Back in the real world, apple are doing the same, collecting location data from iPhones to build up the Apple maps dataset, it's not optional. If you read the ToS and privacy policy in detail you would know this. It's also why your iPhone battery life is so shit ...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
