And sorry, the argument that Apple could abuse this system if they wanted to doesn't fly since if they wanted to they could backdoor your phone with the next update and nobody would notice until the damage is done. The same is true for Android, or literally any non-open source operating system running on any networked device. Everyone who's the least bit informed knows this and has either widely accepted it, or has opted out of using closed hard- and software. Alternatives do exist. They may not be pretty, and may sometimes be impractical, but they do exist.
The question is: is it in Apple's interest to do this? Is Apple willing to risk its reputation, which is the foundation of them earning three digit billion dollar sums annually? The answer is: no. It is not. If widespread abuse of this kind would become known - and it would become known, since hardly any company has so many eyes on them and what they do - it would cost Apple tens of billions of dollars.
