Periodic reminder: just because 'everybody does it!' or 'everybody uses it!' doesn't mean that everybody isn't wrong, generally badly informed, and working against everybody's best interesting. More often than not, that is, in fact, the case when technology is involved.
In the context of software provision, it's almost always the case. And yes, it is Microsoft/Google/Apple/Amazon/Facebook/Twitter/Oracle/Adobe/Salesforce/et al.'s fault. They deserve all the blame.