Okay but bloated

I think the app is very good at the core chat functionality. However, over time, its moved away from this by adding more and more unnecessary features. What happened to the favorites tab? Now its gone and there is a status tab thats basically mimicking Instagram
stories. So instead of a frequent contacts tab that was useful, I have a space-wasting status tab that not a single contact of mine uses. Why take away useful functionality and add features nobody wants? Then there is the calling functionality. Great but why I cant I turn it off, or at least have a setting to make it unavailable when not on wifi? And now GIFs in chats? No thanks. I dont want that stuff in my chats. Let me turn it off.

jam9999 about WhatsApp Messenger, v2.17.41