If a government is legitimately elected, and respects due process, I don't see why people would want to hide from the government.

There are very few situations where a journalist would need to hide himself from a legitimate government who respects due process.

With the Trump administration, in China, Russia, yes of course. Those apps do matter. Conventional apps are probably giving data to abusive governments if their laws require it.

With criminals using those apps to not get caught in those legitimate due process countries, I don't really know if those apps are worth using it they help criminals.

I agree that I don't want to give my data to big companies or for ads.

But I trust a legitimate government and due process.