IMO that's a big problem. They are completely different risk categories. My FDE password is absurdly long and complicated, since I never want someone who gains physical access to get all my data, but my Linux user account password isn't as long since it's main purpose is to stop someone from getting passed my lock screen if I was to leave my system unattended.

Most users probably also didn't care about the first-party firewall exemptions. They could have asked people if they wanted a separate password for disk encryption (e.g. a small checkbox).

It's about choice and control over your data - an educated user knows that with hardware encryption, it is very difficult to retrieve data if the hardware fails. There's also the trust factor where you would prefer to have the keys, rather than trust some device.

(E.g. Some Western Digital drives have problems with their hardware encryption and made the data on it irretrievable for many - https://github.com/andlabs/reallymine/issues/53 . More here - https://carltonbale.com/western-digital-mybook-drive-lock-en...).

What is being questioned and criticized is the removal of this choice. Especially when a product claims a commitment to privacy.