This is overly pessimistic. Some companies do that sort of thing, but as consumers we have to look carefully and investigate companies to find one's that dont,

This is overly pessimistic. Some companies do that sort of thing, but as consumers we have to look carefully and investigate companies to find one's that dont, and that we trust. Somebody already mentioned apple's e2e product, and Google doesn't stop anybody from using signal, or others. I don't think consumers will make the best choices if they think they're choosing the lesser of many evils.