You have to think of the long game when comparing open source and closed source projects. If you need an app in a year, a well-funded closed source effort will

You have to think of the long game when comparing open source and closed source projects. If you need an app in a year, a well-funded closed source effort will win every time. But open source projects with significant mind share from developers (market share is irrelevant for the most part... developer mind share is the true wealth of an opensource project) just keep improving. Both Linux (yes even on the desktop), Blender, and LibreOffice(which admittedly still has a long way to go) are examples of this. I would argue the closed source software you use is generally higher quality because we are just at the beginning of the conversation when it comes to software. If an open source project with enough mind share can take a long enough view, it is hard to see how it WON'T someday surpass its closed-source competitors. Funding is generally on the side of a closed source project, but time is always on the side of an open source one.