We had a good thing, You stupid son of a Bitch!
All you need to do was this: - Send and receive messages - Make and receive calls
That's it, no more other silly features like screen sharing, emojis, stickers, icons, status, no no NO! none of this load of crap is needed.
You don't even need that many developers to maintain this kind of app which is already working! only a handful are required for just maintenance.