Simply because it isn't always enough to look at the domain to decide if it should be filtered (for serving ads or whatever). That's one reasons why DNS blockers can filter less effectively than e.g. browser addons.
So yes, the reason is exactly as stated in the quote. It is more capable because it can operate on URLs and on the resources of the website directly.
The discussion of Zoom caused me to look into what FaceTime does. AFAIKT, there is no protection against MITM attacks by Apple against FaceTime. So in the end we have to trust Apple much like we have to trust Zoom. Of course one of those parties might be a lot more trustworthy than the other but the point still stands. For the sort of protection that e2e can provide the user has to have the ability to verify who they are talking to. Both Apple and Zoom are misleading by omission, one more than the other.
It's not like nothing mattered.
e.g.:
- How you evolved in Phase 1, decided if you get omnivore / carnivore / herbivore
- How you acted in Phase 2 & 3, changed what you can do in Phase 4 & 5. So what super weapon you have in Phase 5 and if you are a religious, economic, military, ... nation.
- Attacking nations, changes how they react to you in later stages of evolutions.
There would have been a lot more potential in that game, but it is not like it was complletly unplayable. In fact, I didn't know about the hype regarding the game as I was a kid and just stumbled across it. Therefore I didn't had these high expactations, and it got my favorite game for many years.
you're not wrong, but it's really as minimal an impact as it possibly could be -- my main point is that the game is incredibly shallow, not that it was nonfunctional.
So yes, the reason is exactly as stated in the quote. It is more capable because it can operate on URLs and on the resources of the website directly.