> That's kind of the problem though; they usually _do_ offer a better user experience. Except for search, where DDG is superior to Google Search, and has been

> That's kind of the problem though; they usually _do_ offer a better user experience. Except for search, where DDG is superior to Google Search, and has been for some time, amongst others... > If we want users to start using open source software [...] There are paid alternatives that are also superior to Google's ones. Fastmail works a lot better than GMail, even if you have to pay for it. The problem is when people want zero-effort, perfectly-polished, zero-cents services. Nothing is completely free.