Many people do, unfortunately, so long as it's framed as "only terrorists and pedophiles need encryption that cops can't break".
I have strong views about privacy as a fundamental human right, but I don't know how to answer that question. I certainly don't want to make the world worse, but this feels like a lesser of two evils type of deal: either make it even harder to catch bad actors, such as child abusers, or make it plausible that your government take away your freedom forever.
Don’t give power over yourself to people with a proven history of misusing it, according to your values. You don’t have to look hard for examples.