I thought the point of minification was to obscure the code, making it harder to copy? As to "caring about the users", I would be surprised if more than 1 web reader in 1000 is the slightest interested in the source code. Makes more sense to optimise for the target audience.
It’s called minification, not obfuscation. The goal is in the name.
Of course it does also obfuscate to a point where large chunks of code are not easily reusable. You can still easily understand small snippets if you try.
