See, there's the devil, in the details as usual: "Have you [and everybody you wanted to talk to] tried the X [, all having tried it at the same time]? It's the best [when it works, unless it's subtly and invisibly broken, void where prohibited]."
Not forgetting the rapidly escalating permutations. They say Telegram, work wants Wire, someone else Whatsapp, someone else says Messenger and on and on.
Either install 27 apps or decide enough is enough. I've had just about enough until one can aggregate like Adium used to.