It doesn’t, and very often leads to a false sense of security, which may be worse.
It’s gonna be a hot take, but I see no intrensic advantage to open source software in functionality, security, or stability. And for 99% of users, it provides no more transparency.
I’m not saying I hate open source or don’t care, but the advantage to FOSS is philosophical, not technological imo.
https://www.techradar.com/news/flaws-lurking-in-open-source-code-may-lead-to-a-new-heartbleed
To mildly add on to this, there's benefit to FOSS software if it serves a better purpose to its proprietary counterpart.
There can be good FOSS and proprietary products, and I'll use them if necessary (hell, I'm on a Pixel since Calyx and Graphene are only feasible on Google hardware ironically enough). But if there's a better FOSS alternative to proprietary crapware, I will absolutely use the better alternative.
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