How to stop viewing Whatsapp status

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For those using WhatsApp, you know about the status feature where people post their pictures and videos for us to view. It is great to view them but I realized lately that it takes up much of my data bundles which I could have used for something more productive. So I am trying to stop viewing them. One way would be to exercise some self control. But that is so hard for me, I get tempted to watch them when I am bored and idle. And I try to stay active but there are just those times that I don't feel like doing anything but watch the status. Another way is to deny contact permissions in whatsapp settings. This is what I have opted for right now. Without Whatsapp viewing the contacts, I will not be able to get status notifications and get tempted to view them. The disadvatage in this is that contacts are not being read by whatsapp and so I will have to go to my phone contacts when I want to text anyone through whatsapp. It is a long process but I am willing to take it in order to save my data bundles, they are so expensive to buy. I will start being comfortable with viewing Whatsapp status when I buy a better method such as WiFi.