I certainly align with powerful entities taking away some semblance of freedom for protection:

1. I am a citizen of a country, so I give some freedoms away to have a military, police force, etc.

2. I work for a company, so I give some freedoms away to gain economic security.

3. I am part of a family, so I give some freedoms away to ensure my family is stable and secure.

4. I drive a car, and I give the freedom to not submit to a brethalyzer test to ensure I can get to places further than I can walk.

You do too.

Nobody's forcing you to do these things, though (except arguably paying taxes). Of course, nobody's forcing me to use an iPhone either. I just picked the least crap option I could find given my personal preferences.

What I object to is the idea that I'd be better off with more totalitarianism (in this instance, a corporation dictating which computing I am allowed to perform on my pocket computer) rather than less. I prefer as little as possible.

Again, I sacrifice some freedom and privacy (too much, I'm afraid) for convenience. But I certainly won't go ahead and say, "I wish I'd sacrificed even more."

Though I can understand that this is very common, and appears to be an adaptive mechanism that maintains mental health by minimizing cognitive dissonance.

Yes. On a regular basis. Do you not?

I am subjected to it on a regular basis, and it hurts every time. I do not seek it out voluntarily.