&gt; Open source at least provides a facsimile of recourse - just go read the code - but how much of your currently-running open-source code have you actually read?<p>Wait, what?  That is <i>not</i> the recourse that open source provides.<p>The great thing about open source is that you don&#x27;t need <i>every</i> person to read the code, just <i>one</i> person who can either catch or verify the absence of user-abusive material.<p>Moreover, even if <i>zero</i> people read the code today, it is preserved so that state (or corporate) abuse can be revealed later, providing another disincentive to introduce abusive material.