If I HAD to use one, which one would be better? While Whatsapp is owned by Facebook, they have end to end encryption for the messages, while the metadata is not. However, on Telegram, nothing is end to end encrypted unless you use a secret chat which most regular people are most likely not going to use. I have a feeling Whatsapp would be better but I wanted to hear your thoughts.
Even if you have no privacy concerns I would say Telegram is a much better choice. The fact you still can’t edit a message in WhatsApp is baffling.
I don’t understand in what way “editing a message” improves anything. It’s always just implemented in a way that’s similar to sending a new message “please disregard the previous message and show the edited message instead” - there are no guarantees on the protocol level.