My phone may be able to handle running a thousand messaging apps at once, but my brain can handle at most one or two before it melts from the sheer ridiculousne

My phone may be able to handle running a thousand messaging apps at once, but my brain can handle at most one or two before it melts from the sheer ridiculousness of having to deal with the different user interfaces, privacy policies, compatibility issues, etc. of a zillion companies just for something so bizarrely simple as sending a message to a friend.