Just a thought.
They already made Lite versions of Facebook and Instagram.
And a lot of the new functions (stories, screen share, and the avatar emojis) only come as bloat for users like me.
So i think they should make an official app that came without those “features”, having a priority on simplicity and data saving.
https://9to5google.com/2023/09/11/whatsapp-third-party-chat-apps-beta/ The only hope would be forced third party support at least in EU