My previous phone, with Gorilla glass, got scratched after 3 months because of a random grain of sand. In the 5 years I’ve used it, it’s one of the only 2 “big” scratches it got.
I now have a protection on my new phone. I’d rather replace a protection once in a while than see and feel an awful scratch in the middle of my screen.
It’s quite dangerous to not keep messaging apps up-to-date, though.