But the products created by these giants are in fact often better than their smaller competitors, even if for no better reason than because the large company is

But the products created by these giants are in fact often better than their smaller competitors, even if for no better reason than because the large company is subsiding the construction. The narrative assumption that people want the bad parts of these companies ignores the survey data that shows that people do care about things like privacy, and choose options when possible that optimize for it... they just can't afford it or have to make tradeoffs against it versus other things; like, I would never leave Facebook as I have lots of friends who use it and I want to see their photos and hear about their lives and get invited to their parties. A remarkable number of people--despite all the pains and costs of doing so--jailbroke their iPhones: most people like what Apple is selling despite it being closed, not because of it.