Yes. Just like saying that Microsoft and Google don’t have a monopoly, or, for Americans, that modern automatic weapons are “not what the founding fathers intended”, or, of what I care about, that Artsakh is “legally part of Azerbaijan”.

Politicians use the salami strategy, always. They’ll always milk to the bone every such detail as, for example, the fact that E2EE itself is not compromised here. It’s only spyware on the endpoints which everyone is going to be obligated to install.

So fighting politicians we should never give up cards. Even if an argument is false, the very fact they have to fight it is good. Because otherwise they’ll be able to dedicate all their resources to fight the good arguments.