What's the Difference Between WhatsApp and iMessage?

The two main issues with both WhatsApp and iMessage is that they're not that they're closed source so we can't verify what's happening there. Both default to cloud backups that are unencrypted. And there's no reasonable reason to do that. Apple will say to you that the reason they do it is because they don't want people to lose their messages if they inevitably lose their password, but I mean, it's just their messages. The real reason is they want a backdoor. They want an easily accessible back door. It's almost even easier than having the phone back door because it's even the data sitting on their server so you can destroy your phone. But at the same time