1) People have rights. You know, that is very important.
2) What led to end-to-end encryption proliferating so much, and which likely contributed to this newest decision, is how often the government abuses it's power to spy on people (or to oppress people).
Governments (and their apologists) seem to think they can do whatever crazy thing and people will just take it. That's crazy talk.
QT: https://qoto.org/@olives/111539500076089535