WhatsApp got toxic also.

Statuses cannot be disabled, so the little notification dot is always there (I solved that by archiving everyone's statuses) and the phone call feature cannot start a recording when you get called. If you need to record a call you need to do so separately.

If for some reason you want to stop using WhatsApp, you just cannot. You socially exclude yourself.

Most people you know are there so you cannot just leave it. Some companies run their business there. Some government services and banks have a WhatsApp chat bot, and don't accept email or phone calls anymore.

I wish I could fully leave WhatsApp, but I can't without paying a social price. The network effects are a straitjacket.