At the limit you are trusting the sum of the people who are creating the software you use - and that includes drivers, firmware, etc. Linux is not exempt, but it may be easier to find issues in open source code.

Given this, Apple was not a bad person to trust. Yes they wanted you to pay them money, but were a) quite happy to deliver value in return, b) prepared to do lots of hard work to fight on your behalf and c) it was quite clear that you were their customer, not their product. Google is an advertising company, even if you pay them money you are always also the product.

I am seriously wondering what happened to Apple that they came up with this idea, it doesn't seem to be in their interests at all.