What role did pragmatic factors play in the spread of "You" and in the loss of "Thou" in the English language?

by Marechal64
Searocksandtrees

hi! this question might be a better job for /r/Linguistics, but related questions have been asked here before, so check these out for previous responses

During what period of time did the informal you form, of 'thou' start to and finally become archaic in English?

How did the English informal pronouns ("thou/thee/thy"...) become defunct?