I’m not familiar with the term FUD, do you refer to this? Do you mean making people aware of the manipulative tactics of big tech, or are you suggesting we use manipulative tactics ourselves? The latter seems totally backwards to me, people deserve honesty

Yeah that makes sense, after all non-tech-savvy people do actually adopt new digital solutions all the time. For example interfaces in cars, smart home solutions, new apps for this and that, moving menus around in Windows, etc. I think familiarity is a key factor here. The Cinnamon desktop seems familiar to windows, but the terminal gives them spooky hackerman-vibes.