Why not install GrapheneOS since you already have a pixel. It’s better privacy and security than either a stock pixel or an iPhone.

Going from Google to Apple because of the DRM push from Google doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Apple is at the frontline when it comes to proprietary hardware and software. You won’t even be able to use Firefox on an iPhone, you’d be locked into Safari.

All 3rd party browsers on the app store are mandated to just be wrappers around Safari’s engine. If Apple decides to adopt the web DRM, you will have no choice but to support it.

Anyone thinking that Microsoft’s recently found appreciation for open source isn’t a Trojan Horse is a fool.

As long as it’s not being used to target ads at me

It’s Microsoft. They will gather every bit of your data they can and use it for whatever makes the most money. Which is usually personalized ads.