> "Users will never accept a phone that's continuously uploading everything in their lives to Apple's servers (or anyone else's), so all of this capability has to be on board the device."

Oh man, I genuinely want you to be right in that prediction. But I wouldn't bet on it.

IMO we already see many (most?) users and even tech industry pros (who should "know better"?) showing comfort in uploading/streaming/routing large swaths of their lives to many companies. Companies arguably less "good" than Apple. (And many of these are Apple users who also have no problem hosting their lives on Google and Zoom). Because convenience, shiny things, and lifestyle marketing. And "free".

I would love a future where all personal data and heavy computing was done on local hardware but I bet most people, given the choice, would choose a cheaper option that puts streams and storage and computing in someone else's hands. Because "free" and/or "cheap". i.e. the product is you