In the cases you mentioned, it was easy for the techie guy to recommend Google or Macs to friends or family because they were far better products at the time.

In the cases you mentioned, it was easy for the techie guy to recommend Google or Macs to friends or family because they were far better products at the time. I take recommendations I give to people very seriously, and I simply wouldn't recommend to any non-technical person to move away from Facebook to a platform that has none/few of their friends on it.