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Well, they are trying to pull out their own cryptocurrency, they integrated a wallet into the app, added an ads marketplace, I think I heard of plans to add apps like in WeChat. Also they added stories, but everyone does that now
Plus, on every occasion of service issues with WhatsApp and other stuff they brag about how many users converted because of that.
I personally dislike WhatsApp for two reasons, one is Meta, and the second is they keep partially losing my message history and contacts every time I migrate to another device
Edit: oh, yeah, and Telegram wants business accounts to be able to use Telegram as a landing, pretty much like many do now with Facebook (this practice I find abominable, but that's another point)
WhatsApp is being used by literally billions of users. Whatever Telegram attempts, they won't become a monopoly anytime soon.