Why do we care about end-to-end encryption

Question

In the last few years phones and apps have been touting themselves as better than other phones/services because their messaging has end-to-end encryption, or some other variant of secure messaging. Why do we care?

Edit: Thanks for the answers, everyone!

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Answer 1

nerds like their secret handshakes. one of my first code was a blank text to make sure the coast was clear. i can’t tell you the only proper response to it