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You might be exaggerating people's technical knowledge, desire to increase their technical knowledge, and / or their desire to effect change.
Running i2p or Tor isn't that challenging and demand drives innovation. I could see one-click solutions taking off in a few months if people were willing to pay a few bucks a month to download basically anything the dark web can offer.
TOR is easy enough to set up that if you know how to install a program on your computer and run it, you're good to go. It's not the ideal way to run TOR, and is still somewhat insecure, but can be done in a few clicks.
Back in the early 00's, the amount of people learning how to download pirated music safely, arrange and burn a CD with it skyrocketed. Fast forward a few years and people with no real computer skills were learning how to rip and burn DVDs.
I wouldn't underestimate the potential of people with motivation to circumvent an oppressive system.
Most people won't run an ad blocker.
Most people don't know extensions exist. Because they don't care and have never been shown.
Pissing someone off is a strong motivator for them to start searching though.
On the flip side what choice will they have after sony's AI gets them cut off by claiming rights to the pictures of thier own kids on facebook. They will need lots of tech to get back online. And we know there are people who will find a way to make it dead simple.
… or their disposable energy after working 10h and caring for the kids.