I am not arguing that at all, you are arguing that there are plenty of alternatives, implying they are just as good quality wise. They are simply not. From alm

I am not arguing that at all, you are arguing that there are plenty of alternatives, implying they are just as good quality wise. They are simply not. From almost all perspectives they are objectively worse, except for privacy. Features, Security and convenience are all significantly better on Apple, Microsoft and Google products. This is not a value-statement, I'm not saying one approach is better than the other. This completely depends on what you personally value most, if you care exclusively about your privacy then you will have to sacrifice a lot of in other departments to achieve that, if it's worth that to you go for it. The point I was arguing though; if you have to make a choice between these large corporations and what you care about most is your privacy, then Apple is probably your best bet.