Valid point. I think a lot of people have given up on the idea of their data being secure though. I used to have a Huawei phone (not anymore) and it was purely an economic decision.

The NSA has every single text and phone call I've ever made recorded at a giant data server in Utah so I figured I might as well save some money.

I totally understand how dangerous it can be for government and tech companies to work so closely together, but I have not heard a convincing argument for why the CCP having my data is any more dangerous for me as an American than the US government having it.