Most people I know use gmail, and not a single one of them is thinking of changing due to privacy concerns (as far as I know). What better option is there for a non-technical person anyway?
80%+ of people who own smartphones use android, and they have phones for most niches - big, small, cheap, stylus, unlockable, replaceable battery etc. They have several manufacturers making phones with it. Their position there is not fragile either.
I'd love to see Firefox take off, but there is no way it is going to be bigger than Android.
Sure, there is a very small chance that everyone will stop using Google's products, but the chances of people moving off Facebook is much greater.
You are missing my point. It is not that it is impossible for people to move away from Google, just that it is far more likely that they will move away from Facebook.
And I don't remember anyone saying that people wouldn't eventually move away from iPhones, blackberries and Palm pilots. People might move away from Android, but it would take many years, and it probably won't be en masse to FFOS.
80%+ of people who own smartphones use android, and they have phones for most niches - big, small, cheap, stylus, unlockable, replaceable battery etc. They have several manufacturers making phones with it. Their position there is not fragile either.
I'd love to see Firefox take off, but there is no way it is going to be bigger than Android.
Sure, there is a very small chance that everyone will stop using Google's products, but the chances of people moving off Facebook is much greater.