Who, WhatsApp? They’ve fought via the legal system to retain privacy a few times.

Loss in global trust. If the EU app scans people’s messages people will just say they’re probably doing it for everyone. They also risk losing their near-global dominance if all their tech savvy users pick a new home and trigger a chain reaction bringing everyone with them. Next thing you the rest of the world starts ditching WhatsApp for a superior alternative (which predominantly just lack users currently)

No way this passes. If it does I imagine WhatsApp will withdraw from the market and people will hop to session/matrix/element/signal or jailbreak.

But they will be beneficiaries of what arises out the ashes.

Glad it’s yous and not us. GL

Weaponised incompetence