It will be a complicated issue from an idealistical perspective, but I believe in educating newbies and letting them make their own decisions as long as they know the risks/danger of what they want to do.
There is no danger. Why is everyone always so afraid of everything? You're in Bitcoin and believe in free (as in freedom), anarchistic money, in decentralization and in no authorities but you let a random American company tell you that some coins are better than others and let them decide which ones are?
This is fucked. If you believe this and if you tell people this stuff, you're actually working against everything Bitcoin stands for and siding heavily with authoritarian, oppressive companies and organizations that wish nothing more than controlling every single thing you do, buy, everywhere you go, who you interact with and even
what you think.
OK, if you say so. But I personally don't want to be responsible if newbies' coins are withheld by an exchange just because I told them "there is no danger". Especially newbies who are Coinbase users.
I am also starting to believe that Bitcoin should not be as "black" or "white", there are areas in the middle for all types of users.