You need a license to operate your car, not so with your PC.
{edit}
Some of your users might well be incompetent computer users and wont pass the "test".
I have often thought about why people dont do backups even when the new tools are easy for most to handle. I think the reason is psychological in nature.
Backup implies that you are at least cognizant of the impending disaster scenario. many people avoid even thinking about this, why think of bad news?. Engineers are accustomed to this way of thinking, its a different mental makeup, we shouldn't assume the general public shares this point of view, especially since most of the time they are led through their computing experiences by "wizards" and "guides" might as well be priests.
> You need a license to operate your car, not so with your PC.
I own a car, pay insurance on it, but never in my life had a driver license. My wife drives it, working on my insurance bonus. But since it's my vehicle, am still responsible for all the stuff around maintenance, meeting requirements for road worthiness, etc.
Perhaps that is the point, you shell off the responsibility to somebody else, pay some money to some 3rd entity and you have insurance, and you pay premium the more lacking you are in responsibility.
Thats not to mention the case that some insurance policies are a legal requirement, case in point car insurance.
So, like companies such as mozy and backblaze, which I explicitly mention? Essentially they provide insurance in the form of backups. Trivial to use too. I'm not sure of your point anymore.
{edit}
Some of your users might well be incompetent computer users and wont pass the "test".
I have often thought about why people dont do backups even when the new tools are easy for most to handle. I think the reason is psychological in nature.
Backup implies that you are at least cognizant of the impending disaster scenario. many people avoid even thinking about this, why think of bad news?. Engineers are accustomed to this way of thinking, its a different mental makeup, we shouldn't assume the general public shares this point of view, especially since most of the time they are led through their computing experiences by "wizards" and "guides" might as well be priests.