Before the 1990s most computing was done on mainframes that were expensive and difficult to access, because that was simply the state of hardware.
Then we had a couple decades of software running on ...
I hope so but the challenge imo is that average people don’t care about privacy censorship or unfair business practices until it personally affects them. I’m not saying they can’t be persuaded but it’s like telling someone that likes cheap cigarettes they’re bad for you