I see nothing as "being given up" ... In the early days it was just one big happy family out here on the 'net. Now it's become a place where you often leave feeling dirty! ;-) Sure, that's a bit over the top in some respects, depending upon your browsing habits it can be quite true!

The only downside is that the "user" needs to know more, understand how to use a few programs. And must also know what to trust...!!!
And there lies the rub... so many folks just don't care to constantly 'maintain' their systems! Or learn/keep up with all the BS...

And I can't really blame many of them! Many folks get on their systems a couple of three times a week for 2 hours at a shot let's say. And they're supposed to double or triple their computer time in order to load/update & scan their systems ??? I don't see it happening.