I think most people would agree with this. And I've seen it with my wife. She had no intention of getting an ebike, she did the Herald 55km on her normal bike last year and was going to again this year. Then she hurt her knee, and the options were to not ride any climbs until it got better, or get an ebike - so we got a used one here on Bikehub.
Even without the knee injury, climbs are hard for her. I think a lot of us have forgotten how it feels to struggle so much with climbs. To be able to ride easy, without feeling like a burden, holding up the other people.
The weekend before the Herald we deliberately tested riding a long stretch on Eco, to see what the battery does. We were going just below the 25km/h max assist speed, and she told me that is how she would like to feel on her normal bike - being able to ride at a reasonable speed without her heart rate being 150+ the whole time.
It gives the option to do routes with more climbs than what she would previously have attempted, and on flat routes she can still use her normal bike.
