Try setting up a Matrix server[0]. Or Mastadon[1].
This isn't hard for people like you and me, or probably most of HN. But it is difficult for the public. It is hard to set up. It is hard to keep up. It's costly.
I think maybe a good comparison is to PGP. PGP's greatest flaw was that you could reply back that you couldn't decrypt and the sender would resend the message decrypted. Encryption hasn't made its way into the mainstream until companies like Signal showed it could be easy, and then it was picked up by WhatsApp and iMessage.
I'm with you that it isn't "hard", but you need to recognize that this is a comparative word and that not everyone is like us.
This isn't hard for people like you and me, or probably most of HN. But it is difficult for the public. It is hard to set up. It is hard to keep up. It's costly.
I think maybe a good comparison is to PGP. PGP's greatest flaw was that you could reply back that you couldn't decrypt and the sender would resend the message decrypted. Encryption hasn't made its way into the mainstream until companies like Signal showed it could be easy, and then it was picked up by WhatsApp and iMessage.
I'm with you that it isn't "hard", but you need to recognize that this is a comparative word and that not everyone is like us.
[0] https://matrix.org/ecosystem/servers/
[1] https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own/