Good observations. Alas, the problem is not with the Federal Communications Commission, but with the Department of Justice and a policy on “Personally Identifiable Information” (aka PII) being sent unencrypted that is leading the change - too many agencies are encrypting everything, even if PII is not disclosed (most radio systems in my area have a separate channel for officers to request PII, and I have no issue with that channel being encrypted).
I recently submitted a detailed proposal to codify in federal law that agencies must keep their dispatch channels unencrypted not only for the casual listeners on scanners, but also the “new media” that monitors and reports incidents via Facebook/X. I suggest you take a read and join the discussion there: