iPhone keeps asking me the same questions after system update

Thanks for the responses!

Yes, it's going to ask you every time. Because it has no memory of what you answered last time. It respects your privacy and doesn't accumulate data about you needlessly.

If I don't want to use iCloud Drive or animated emojis, I would expect the device to remember that locally and not ask me again. I'm not following the privacy issue here.

The same is true for the dialogs. And you should care whether an app is using your data or not, and how it is using it. The location question is particularly important, because if you choose "always" say, for a Google app, then Google will have a complete history of everywhere you have ever been, and will provide it to police when asked, and it will also allow people to stalk you. Your choice.

I personally don't care and don't feel like I should (though I understand why other, even most others, would care). Though my question was really just trying to figure out if there's a way to set a useful default, like "allow only when using the app", or even "no" if I wished.