Samourai Wallet is already unrivaled in transaction privacy, but the default configuration is still subject to network level privacy loss. Hosting your own Dojo allows you to simply bypass our default servers and circumvent these concerns.
So yeah, perhaps this information should be more visible, but they are not actively hiding it.
Honestly, it shouldn't even be an option not to run your own node if this software is supposed to be privacy-first. Their 'default nodes' shouldn't even exist, they should all be taken offline if they're serious about privacy. I have a gut feeling we'll end up with a
'Wasabi situation' sooner or later.