Q drops leak intel in advance to the public, but why? What benefit is there to average people knowing some of this intel?
This is certainly not a means of communicating information through backdoor channels to actual actors; strong asymmetric cryptography exists, and this could be done securely and privately.
The cabal speaks openly and symbolically, hidden in plain sight, and their messages and plans are connected piecemeal; Q posts mirror that.
This is a mechanism to teach many how to read the drops (not Q's drops)—The Great Awakening.
I see the drops as encouraging independent thinking and fidelity to healthy, positive thought and action. The drops also let good people know they aren't alone, and that there are others, including some in powerful places, who are working to reduce the amount of evil in this world. Much of the information in the drops is clearly intended to open people's eyes to corruption and evil that has been JUST hidden enough to escape notice, especially by decent people who would never even imagine that anyone could be as cruel and depraved as, in fact, many are. And there's more to it all, of course.
Reading the Cabal's "drops" is part of what Q is teaching, but it's certainly not the only benefit of Q's content.
Good point, they have been great for morale as well!