There absolutely is a trade-off here between freedom to operate and likely security (with the exception of highly skilled technical people with a lot of time on

There absolutely is a trade-off here between freedom to operate and likely security (with the exception of highly skilled technical people with a lot of time on their hands, who can likely have both). Personally I'd say that most non-technical computer users are better off using a more locked down/secure OS (e.g. iOS) as they are generally ill-equipped to manage an open computing platform with the current level of threats that there are out there.