My current Dell Inspiron 3437 came pre-installed with Ubuntu and only cost 250+ USD. It is true that I do not trust Canonical or Dell, but why would I trust Pu

My current Dell Inspiron 3437 came pre-installed with Ubuntu and only cost 250+ USD. It is true that I do not trust Canonical or Dell, but why would I trust Purism instead? What proof of trustworthiness do they provide? My Dell's very low spec is good enough for what most developers typically do: use a text editor to deal with source files and use the shell to ssh into a remote machine. The most taxing program that I use is firefox. The browser consumes more CPU cycles and memory than all other programs taken together. The short story: I do not need a laptop that costs 1600+ USD, just for its nebulous, unproven claims of privacy, when I am perfectly happy with one that costs 250+ USD.