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Are they doing e2e messaging to shield themselves from the content of those messages or why else would they even bother I wonder?

They could still inspect the messages on the 2 ends

Exactly, why bother at all, who are they building this for?

To claim in marketing so ordinary folks see encrypted and feel a sense of security.

That being said, any progress is better than nothing, and this at least is praise worthy.