a lot of these issues are vendor/hardware specific and wouldn't exist on systems configured and shipping w/ Linux installed .. or at least certified by a vendor to support Linux and that's not the case most of the time ..
some user configuration/setup should be expected on systems that aren't .. that's just the reality of the situation
it's silly to discredit an operating system because of that
IMO after using iOS 7 on the iPhone and iPad I can say it's OK but it's nothing great though .. a few of their new APIs are cool too I guess -- honestly I was expecting more and better from apple considering how much they have running on the iOS game
Somewhat related but I've been canceling my subscriptions (Office365 in my case) to services I can't properly secure..
I'm also in the process of selling my surface pro and going back to a Linux laptop (OneNote 2013 sucks with touch on the Desktop for me .. and Microsoft's Windows8 version won't allow you to not use Skydrive)
Also, I pay Microsoft .. why won't they let me save my OneNote docs in a secure way using their Windows8 apps?
what are the implications .. you can't have a conversation with someone without thinking that your thoughts and opinions right now won't be tied and assigned to you forever ..
Imagine a highschool student who liked some band or political movement on facebook or talked about it on skype that is somehow tied to a imbalanced person who shot up a school or committed a crime? how could this effect his applications to state universities or grants or whatever? who knows...
do you trust the goverment that feels the need to spy on everyone behind their back to make a decent decision?
I've been keeping all of my work notes/journals/thoughts in OneNote which is synced and stored on Microsoft's servers ... who has access to those?
I don't want the bureaucracy to use my private thoughts, my private information or my private feelings to make decisions about me for whatever reason .. what happened to having rights and liberty?
tl;dr the implications are that you don't have the freedom to be yourself as long as this is going on
I'm a fan of the statement made at the end of this article .. which to me boils down to that
A mobile web presence is very important and shouldn't be ignored but if you're going to distribute something as a native app it's silly to build it entirely in a WebView
also it's wise to never forget that technology changes so fast neither of these current platforms will be the same in 2-3 years .. so really just pick something and go