RE: I use arch btw

I know it's not an AMA but who is the worst, Google or Microsoft?

Microsoft by far, Google has gone to great lengths to protect consumers, although they do their own shit too but they supported the SSL movement to protect customers from government spying. They want all your data for themselves though.

Using Linux, why do you have more confidence that there is no malicious code hidden away by the smaller outfits?

It's open sourced, it is very quickly discovered and taken out of the pipeline if something is discovered.