Bleeding edge tech frequently has "slightly worse" UX, but that changes over time. Some email clients and web browsers have great UX.

I think people care about autonomy, but only if the process is understandable, and easy. Convenience (unfortunately) is the path of least resistance for the masses.

This is why I cringed while reading the Nostr Telegram group when I joined Nostr almost two years ago. Back then, there was a lot of, "I can't wait until normies start groking relays and wanting their own." kind of discussions.

People would rather drive circles in a parking lot, versus parking in a space that's more than seven spaces from the front door. Normies don't want to deal with "under the hood" type stuff to perform basic (to them) operations.

If the concepts can be distilled down, and made for Idiocracy, then the masses will engage (for better, or for worse).