Most people aren't interested in the mechanism of anything, just the results. They don't make the concious decision not through education but through apathy and

Most people aren't interested in the mechanism of anything, just the results. They don't make the concious decision not through education but through apathy and the desire to get from A to B via the shortest path. As for Google; backups. If my account gets toasted it's a couple of hours inconvenience to set everything up and little else.