No, what's more interesting is previously Whatsapp users had a reasonable expectation of privacy. Facebook acquired the company without first checking with the EU or anyone else if they would oppose them removing that privacy and mining user data. Now they're caught between a rock and a hard place because they need to spy in users to justify the purchase price, but they never bothered to ask if it was OK with regulators first.

Saying "users don't have to use us" after there's already a massive, massive installed base is ridiculous and Facebook knows it. If it were just as easy as switching to another messaging service they NEVER would've paid that much money for Whatsapp. It brings almost nothing unique to the table outside of it's user base/momentum.