@425a31b8 I was using Whatsapp back when it cost a dollar a year. Before Facebook owned them. Few years ago when they wanted to merge account data, i deleted WhatsApp and moved to [Signal](https://signal.org/)

Turns out signal was made by one of WhatsApps original creators. He left Facebook owned Whatsapp due to their privacy violations and aggressive monetization. Heres the story:
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive-whatsapp-cofounder-brian-acton-gives-the-inside-story-on-deletefacebook-and-why-he-left-850-million-behind/?sh=624835a53f20