You're looking at it from the point of view of technical details. I'm looking at it from the point of view of social norms. Even my technical friends think it's

You're looking at it from the point of view of technical details. I'm looking at it from the point of view of social norms. Even my technical friends think it's weird that I don't want Google having my only copy of emails, pictures, and increasingly documents. Your average user has no chance.