What would be the important announcement then? That Ledger is a shitty company that has not only been so careless that it has let its customers' data be stolen several times but is also going to implement a program that goes against the principles of bitcoin and what a HW should be?
It's a topic worthy of debate but they're not going to send anyone's seeds if they don't pay, at least in theory.
This is a paid feature so it's not sending your seed phrase anywhere unless you pay $9.99 per month for it (which is a dumb subscription).
Seeing that the last thread in Important Announcements was:
Reminder: do not keep your money in online accounts and that the previous ones were 4 years before that, I don't see the issue as important, but maybe theymos does.