I would agree with you if this were only about adware. The problem is that the adware opens a massive security hole that is exploitable by everybody. The Lenov

I would agree with you if this were only about adware. The problem is that the adware opens a massive security hole that is exploitable by everybody. The Lenovo adware wants to hijack SSL connections. To do so, it installs its own CA, and the private key for that CA can be (and has been) extracted. This means that if you own such a laptop and access your bank's SSL website from a random coffee shop, anybody could MitM you, since they can use the publically available "private" key of the rogue CA to impersonate your bank. Smart phones enable turn-key surveillance-based dictatorships beyond anything we've ever seen in the west, but unlike this Lenovo thing, it is not an immediate threat. Hence people react differently to it.