I’m pumped a search for hg+mercurial had hits in this thread. I am and will continue to be completely blown that hg lost the dvcs wars. It’s a better tool.
Modern scum (members of depraved modern culture) always prefer what is worse over what is better, so of course they prefer Git over Mercurial. Anyone who wants Mercurial hosting can use my hosting: https://hg.reactionary.software/