[victorhooi]

Yes, but many peopel use webapps - whether they be Gmail, Reddit, Instagram, Twitter and mobile apps.

I mean, the damn webapp/apps already have your data.

There's an implicit trust there.

Why do you think webapps are doing so much better than heavy desktop apps? Because people figure the benefits outweigh the risks. Just off the top of my head:

* Reliable distributed backups of your data, without having to do it yourself * Ability to share easily with anybody on the web * No costs for running your own servers * Less technical knowledge required - e.g. have you tried setting up your own email server? And actually sending email reliably?

I don't think we should assume, in our ivory towers, that people are somehow "stupid" - is there a concrete fear here? If so, is it something we think they are unaware of?