> are quickly catching up.

If you were Yahoo a few years before Google it would sound the same.

the writing was already on the road w.r.t to user mindshare among normies. I see no evidence of the same happening with fast mail. why would anyone switch from gmail to fast mail other than privacy, which regular people couldn't care less about?

Privacy, as well as overall product experience. Btw, I didn't just mention Fastmail.