I don't know why anyone would assume this changes anything with regards to E2E at all. Like you've said, Apple haven't announced anything, and I don't see what

I don't know why anyone would assume this changes anything with regards to E2E at all. Like you've said, Apple haven't announced anything, and I don't see what the business case is from their perspective when most people don't know or care what that means (but surely will care if they lock themselves out of their data forever).