[spurgu]

Yeah I know very well what you mean! I do #1 (turn off notifications in the app settings) every now and then when I want to cut off a specific communication channel.

I'm unsure how you'd do #2 though? There's a permission for background data, wonder if that would be enough? Let me know if you test it!

I'm on Android btw.

[Brainmulch]

You can do this natively through whatsapp settings by turning off Read receipts, and can control who sees your "last seen" information as well

[qwaxys]

Go to settings, app, stop now