WhatsApp is the worst app on your Windows 11 PC right now, eating 1.2GB of RAM doing nothing
(www.windowslatest.com)
You are still contributing to the same situation. It harvests data, keeping you in the system and tracking your habits and connections. From recent reports meta is also reading everything you say. Who you connect to. Where you are.
You could use any other app you want to and not need this one.
You are actively participating in paying for metas activities, maybe that is worth thinking about.