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> a feature that can only be appreciated by a subculture of people (privacy advocates)

Just because it can’t be “appreciated” by all users doesn’t mean it’s only “for” a small sub-group.

It seems to me they’re just trying to minimise the data they have access to — similar to private cloud compute — while keeping up with the features competitors provide in a less privacy-respecting way. Them not asking for permission makes it even more obvious to me that it’s not built for any small super privacy-conscious group of people but the vast majority of their customers instead.