Recent intrusive changes in the privacy policy of WhatsApp (including the sharing of never before seen amounts of unencrypted user data with the parent company Facebook) have prompted a mass exodus of WhatsApp users to the secure and open-source alternative Signal. I have been hoping for a change like this for years. I wrote a non-technical blog post about the problems with WhatsApp in detail, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of other messaging apps as well.
at least the Element/Matrix devs are aware of this and working actively towards replacing Discord. IMHO Discord is a UX hell, I’ve sadly been using it for years (lots of communities I frequent are there) but still misclick myself into an audio room or have to search for features.