would i rather have an entity that i have no power against (google) or only my own error? the outcome is the same, i had x, now i don't. personally, i'd prefer being responsible, but it is a by a thin margin.
that being said, key management has and will continue to get easier. so over time, the risk of key loss should diminish.
I'd wager that's not the case for 90% of users choosing the email provider they trust the most, both in terms of what they expect the risks are, and what they actually risk in practice.
> key management has and will continue to get easier
You're talking about the blockchain space where it was not even the state of the art when it started. Key management remains a problem in all spaces, but it has even more dramatic consequences when you have no recourse.
one key management wallet i like is https://www.argent.xyz/
maybe this is rudimentary by traditional standards but this an advancement for wallet management.
the key feature is you can recover access to your assets even if you lose your keys through social recovery.
a lot of famous folks have already using them [1].
[0] https://ens.domains/
[1] https://ethleaderboard.xyz/