For me WhatsApp has gone from my favorite app to something I won't touch except almost as last resort.
I had no issues with old WhatsApp whatsoever and I'm not aware of anyone else having any either and I'm part of multiple groups that used to use it extensively.
The only thing that has improved meaningfully since then is end-to-end encryption, but as much as I love that it is only nice-to-have for me and I would feel a lot safer with just ordinary encryption as long as Facebook wasn't snooping in my contacts and metadata.
I had no issues with old WhatsApp whatsoever and I'm not aware of anyone else having any either and I'm part of multiple groups that used to use it extensively.
The only thing that has improved meaningfully since then is end-to-end encryption, but as much as I love that it is only nice-to-have for me and I would feel a lot safer with just ordinary encryption as long as Facebook wasn't snooping in my contacts and metadata.