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brianus said:

Why do we always get statements like "the Files app is garbage" without any context or explanation? I have a trillion complaints about Apple's often halfassed software, bugs that stick around for years despite reports, etc... but I use the iPadOS Files app on a daily basis and have very few issues with it. Maybe actually explain how Files hamstrings you in this instance?

The only substantive comment seems to be that third party apps don't all support FIles, but... that is not a comment on the quality of the app itself.

If you have used Finder on MacOS or File Explorer on Windows, or pretty much any of the file browsers on Linux, or really any other operating system other than iOS, the clunky nature of the iOS Files app should be pretty obvious. Searching, sorting, selecting, opening, organizing, reorganizing, moving, aliasing, connecting to other computers. You can sort of do those things, but every one of those things is clunky. The Files app is very clearly a minimum effort afterthought. 

So, this ID can only be tied to a user's interactions with the App Store? I was contemplating whether this is anti-competitive, but if so it is only subtly so. If I browse for products using the Amazon app, or Instacart, or really any other shopping app, then my browsing activity is also subject to analysis by the company behind that app. The difference here is that I can usually browse those other apps without logging in, to see what products they have before deciding to create a login, though apps are hardly required to allow such browsing without logging in first. 

Actual products purchased on the App Store or Apple Store apps are clearly associated with your Apple ID, and unambiguously so (and it really can't be any other way). 

You can ask an app not to track you, certainly, but this only informs the company behind the app that they shouldn't provide or sell the tracking that they do on your specific account to third parties. If Apple isn't providing or selling the data they accumulate to third parties, then this question doesn't even apply in their case.