That is my problem. What can you trust anymore? Is there an appliance out there that can do the basics and not be a malware gateway?
The consumer demand was/is for cheaper, and data mining is how OEMs got there. The general public got what they want, and OEMs got to keep their margins: "win-win".
It's the same thing with (US?) airlines: people wanted cheaper, and that's what was offered and they chose.
Admittedly this doesn't stop the presumed screenshotting and microphone use and worse