You own the hardware. You license but do not own the software (as is the case with almost all software nowadays, including FOSS software). If the software from Apple is not to your liking, jailbreak the hardware and install software that is more to your liking.
This might take some effort as newer releases of Apple software are harder to jailbreak so you might have to stop installing new Apple OS releases to give the jailbreaks a chance to catch up to what is on your phone.
You own the hardware. You license but do not own the software (as is the case with almost all software nowadays, including FOSS software). If the software from Apple is not to your liking, jailbreak the hardware and install software that is more to your liking.
This might take some effort as newer releases of Apple software are harder to jailbreak so you might have to stop installing new Apple OS releases to give the jailbreaks a chance to catch up to what is on your phone.