I don't know everything. Just because it's not explicitly listed today doesn't mean it won't be tomorrow. This was just created yesterday. And it does the same thing that all of those listed apps do: facilitates private communication.
Sources for what, exactly? What is "fantasming"? The title of the article you posted is "Criminalization of encryption". The Guardian is using encryption to send messages, so why would they be exempt? In fact, why would any internet use at all not be criminalized? It's all encrypted.
I mean they would charge a lot of money for the stripped down one because it doesn't allow them to monetize it on the back end, and the vast majority would continue using the resource-slurping ad-riddled one.
Google and Meta are monitoring the conversations using the device's microphone
I've heard this claim many times for decades but never seen any legitimate evidence.
The only evidence I've seen is accidental recordings from digital "assistants" who mishear the wake phrase. But those only last a couple seconds. Meta has no such assistant.
In addition, Apple and Google both have had mic indicators for when the mic is on and listening for a long time so they'd have to somehow compromise the operating system as well.
Netflix has games?