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I like to think of "open source software vs closed software" as "stairs vs elevator": stairs are healthy, autonomous, require little to no maintenance but given the option to elevator I don't have any illusion what most people would prefer
Yes, stairs are very inaccessible -- stairs might exclude a bunch of people by its own design
In the eyes of stairs-builder you shouldn't build (residential) buildings that require an elevator. Moreover, in narrow cases you might wanna consider to build an elevator, consider an escalator first
Answering the question "How can we get people to use stairs everyday?", stairs-builders make stairs well lit, wide, friendly and well placed.
A user of stairs might prepare their friends and family to use existing stairs they got: by explaining the techniques to approach the stairs, by recommending appropriate shoes, by timing the stairs climbing at an appropriate moment of the day etc
Less advanced user might simply point to the stairway and say "why don't we take stairs this time?". And here we (advanced users) wanna ask them not to do that with their sore/acky nana -- she wouldn't like the stairs either way
Don't waste your energy. Focus on the achievable