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I'm not comparing privacy fans to paedophiles and terrorists, that's not what I mean. What I mean is that I want serious criminals to be caught.
I think properly private technology is good to protect yourself from an authoritarian government for example. You could use something like Signal for messaging (I've not used it, but apparently it's good).
But the big popular platforms like WhatsApp and iMessage, which many laypeople use just because they're popular - on those platforms I think it makes sense for law enforcement to be able to access messages, but only in certain circumstances. So maybe Apple could keep the encryption key and they could decrypt someone's messages if a court warrant is issued.
I'm not saying end-to-end encryption should be entirely outlawed. Hopefully services like Signal would still exist. Sure, some criminals might jump to those platforms, but you could still catch some at least, who use big services like iMessage.