While true, the benefit of open source is that the code is there and visible to all. Apple has closed source so cannot be easily inspected and so issues can go

While true, the benefit of open source is that the code is there and visible to all. Apple has closed source so cannot be easily inspected and so issues can go unnoticed despite so many eyes. With system76, as they have a business to defend (and real Bank accounts and identities tied to the businees), any intentional hole/spyware could have major legal ramifications. I think for more major open source companies, the code is inspected sufficiently. I would trust smaller ones much less. System 76 is fairly major, and most software comes from other major sources so should be inspected fairly well.