Comment by pgt

I am starting to see people switch around me, but it doesn't happen overnight.

A surprisingly handful of non-tech people have asked me, "Hey, I see you use DuckDuckGo. Why not Google?" And then we have the conversation - it's a short conversation:

Well, you cannot prosper in an environment if you operate on inaccurate or censored information. Google & YouTube censor information and track everything you search for or watch. Today your views align, tomorrow they may not.

Secondly, you must insure yourself against tail risks, and having your Gmail account "cancelled" is a yuuuge tail risk. Therefore, avoid bundled Google products.

Then a few months will go buy, and I'll see they are now using Firefox and DDG.

When you have these conversations, it's important that it not be about your identity (open source! Linux!), but about risk-aversion.