I've been trying to get people I work with to use git for years (technical, lots of light coding but not really software development) and this really resonates. I guess part of the problem is that we are very used to everything being centralized. People seem to think of git as a web service that my company has purchased a subscription to, not as a tool that exists and can be used regardless of whether there is any centralized company repository you can push your commits to.

When people ask me seemingly simple questions like "how do I delete a branch", I feel like I have to give them a lecture on the philosophy of git, which I then decide not to give, because it's going to make me sound like a smug neckbeard. However, the fact that such a lecture would actually be needed, is just a sign that centralized software has taken over the public mindset. Actually, the situation is sort of similar to when you try to explain people how to use IRC or Mastodon.