You need to understand, when buying this kind of device, it is not yours. It may be convenient, shiny and powerful, but somebody else decides what it does and that means you are not in control.
The hardware may be outstanding and the OS could have been top choice for me if only I knew it is my machine. As it is not the case, I will be sticking to Linux laptop for good and bad.
It is mine in name only. It is like a private bedroom where somebody else can come at any moment and inspect any aspect of my life and I can't stop him and sometimes I can't even know he is inspecting me at the moment.
Yes, there is some information leakage, but nothing like ‘inspecting any aspect of your life’.
But more to the point, you own the computer. You chose the operating system. If you don’t like what it does, buy something else. You can sell the one you don’t like, because it is yours.
The hardware may be outstanding and the OS could have been top choice for me if only I knew it is my machine. As it is not the case, I will be sticking to Linux laptop for good and bad.